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PageM I.M. Pci Grand Louvre Paris, Franca, 1982-94 An earły original sketch by I M. Pei for the Louvre pyramid and thc basms that surround it recatl ihat he was inspired in part by the garden designs of Le NAtre, who madę use of the abstract presence of sky and water. Pei's design of course evolved before the comple-tion of the pyramid itself in 1989.