In 1981, the newly elected French president, Francois Mitterrand, launched a campaign to renovate cultural institutions throughout France. One of the most advantageous of those projects was the renovation and reorganization of the Louvre.
AD Classics: Le Grand Louvre / I.M. Pei
https://www.archdaily.com/88705/ad-classics-le-grande-louvre-i-m-peiEduardo Souza