The astonishing mediocrity of the selected design for the “Grand Colonnade” of the Louvre

A self-congratulatory, dithyrambic press release : « major breakthrough », « highly qualified jury », « high level of the submissions », « elegant », « respectful », « sensitive », « harmonious »…), written in the now fashionable, now standard newspeak (« greening », « calmed », « cool island », « let it breathe »…) was, unsurprisingly, issued by the Ministry of Culture regarding the designation of the winning team (STUDIOS Architecture Paris and Selldorf Architects) in the competition for the “Grande Colonnade” project. One might almost think it had been written by artificial intelligence. - Musées / Louvre : projet « Nouvelle Renaissance », Paris, Musée du Louvre