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courtyard located in Rue de Rivoli, Paris, France. It is made

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the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Chinese-American architect,

The World Trade Center hub is an enormous
Ieoh Ming Pei, chose this figure to represent the importance
elliptical and cathedral-like oculus rebuilt in
of the Egyptian antiquities collection inside the museum. The
2016. The structure was inspired by a dove being

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Louvre Pyramid is an example of Superficial Analogy,
released by a child. The architect, Santiago
considering that Mr. Pei took the building’s shape exactly from

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a well-known attraction.
inside the building. The "Way of Light" was meant

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He proposed the Rainier Tower be built atop
The National Museum of the American Indian is an institution established an 11-story concrete pedestal base that
in 1989 committed to increasing the knowledge and understanding culture tapers towards ground level to preserve the
of the Native people in the Western Hemisphere. The institution’s goal is greenery of downtown Seattle and allow
• The renovation of Prague Castle is one of the greatest works of Jose
to advance the learning capabilities of the citizens on the Native’s lives, more ground space to be devoted to a retail
Plecnik that gave him the title "The Castle Architect" after the
languages, literature, history, and arts. It carries the essence of shopping plaza. The pedestal design also
president appointed him to lead. Plecnik reflected on the president's
preserving and transmitting Native culture and customs as a method of mitigated the feared 'canyon effect,' which
philosophical views on freedom and democracy. The rebirth of
securing a cultural basis for future survival Control of intellectual and can funnel and speed wind through
Plecnik's architecture prompted this investigation into the political,
physical access to tribal resources and archaeological sites. It is a skyscraper-lined streets, making it impossible
social, and cultural force of architecture. Plecnik was able to design
significant structure because it holds an integral part of the interactions to open doors.
architecture that combined philosophy with stone to symbolize future
between people and the environment.
generations. Two generations separated by more than seven decades
were able to perceive this. Overall, the building was a
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Paris City Vision. (2019). The Louvre Pyramid; HIstory, Architecture, and
Legend. Paris City Vision:
https://www.pariscityvision.com/en/paris/museums/louvre-
museum/the-louvre-pyramid-history-architecture-legend

Design Curial. (2016, June 27). NEW YORK STORY: SANTIAGO

CALATRAVA’S WORLD TRADE CENTER TRANSIT HUB. Design Curial:
https://www.designcurial.com/news/new-york-story-santiago-
calatravas-world-trade-center-transit-hub-4931387

Wikipedia. (2021, September 27). Rainier Tower. Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainier_Tower#:~:text=Architect%20Yama
saki%20chose%20the%20design,University%20of%20Washington%20(
UW)

Wikipedia. (2022, January 20). National Museum of the American

Indian. Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Museum_of_the_American_India
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Joze Plecnik: His Architecture in Prague for freedom and a new
democracy. (2000). Texas Tech University Library: https://ttu-
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