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Modern Pyramids

  • The Louvre Pyramid in Paris, France, in the court of the Louvre Museum, is a 20.6 meter (about 70 foot) glass structure which acts as an entrance to the museum. It was designed by the American architect I. M. Pei and completed in 1989.
  • The Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, United States, is a 30-story true pyramid with light beaming from the top.
  • The 32-story Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee (a city named after the ancient Egyptian capital whose name itself was derived from the name of one of its pyramids). Built in 1991, it was the home court for the University of Memphis men's basketball program, and the National Basketball Association's Memphis Grizzlies until 2004.
  • The Walter Pyramid, home of the basketball and volleyball teams of the California State University, Long Beach, campus in California, United States, is an 18-story-tall blue true pyramid.
  • The 48-story Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco, California, designed by William Pereira, one of the city's symbols.
  • The 105-story Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, Northern Korea.
  • The Slovak Radio Building in Bratislava, Slovakia. This building is shaped like an inverted pyramid.
  • The Summum Pyramid, a 3 story pyramid in Salt Lake City, Utah, used for instruction in the Summum philosophy and conducting rites associated with Modern Mummification.
  • The Palace of Peace and Reconciliation in Astana, Kazakhstan.
  • The Pyramids at Osho Commune in Pune, India (for meditation purposes).
  • The three pyramids of Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas.
  • The Co-Op Bank Pyramid or Stockport Pyramid in Stockport, England is a large pyramid-shaped office block in Stockport in England. (The surrounding part of the valley of the upper Mersey has sometimes been called the "Kings Valley" after the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.)
  • The Ames Monument in southeastern Wyoming honoring the brothers who financed the Union Pacific Railroad.
  • The Ballandean Pyramid, at Ballandean in rural Queensland is a 15 meter folly pyramid made from blocks of local granite.
  • The Karlsruhe Pyramid is a pyramid made of red sandstone, located in the centre of the market square of Karlsruhe, Germany. It was erected in the years 1823–1825 over the vault of the city's founder, Margrave Charles III William (1679–1738).
  • The GoJa Music Hall in Prague.
  • The Muttart Conservatory greenhouses in Edmonton, Alberta.
  • Small pyramids similar to those of the Louvre can be found outside the lobby of the Citicorp Building in Long Island City, Queens NY.
  • The Pyramids of the City Stars Complex in Cairo, Egypt.
  • Pyramid building belonging to The Digital Group (TDG), at Hinjwadi, Pune, India.
  • The Steelcase Corporate Development Center near Grand Rapids, Michigan.
  • Sunway Pyramid shopping mall in Selangor, Malaysia.
  • Hanoi Museum with an overall design of a reversed Pyramid.
  • The Pyramide des Ha! Ha! by artist Jean-Jules Soucy fr:Jean-Jules Soucy in La Baie, Quebec is made out of 3 000 give way signs.
  • The "Pyramid" culture-entertainment complex and Monument of Kazan siege (Church of Image of Edessa) in Kazan, Russia.
  • The "Phorum" of Expocentre business-exhibition complex in Moscow, Russia.
  • Few pyramids of the Marco-city shopping-entertainment complex in Vitebsk, Belarus.
  • The Time pyramid in Wemding, Germany, a pyramid begun in 1993 and scheduled for completion in the year 3183.
  • Triangle, a proposed skyscraper in Paris.
  • The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid, a proposed project for construction of a massive pyramid over Tokyo Bay in Japan.
  • The tomb of Quintino Sella, outside the monumental cemetery of Oropa.

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