Eiffel Tower
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 | Eiffel Tower |
| Designer | Gustave Eiffel |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Date | 1887 to 1889 |
| Building Type | exposition observation tower |
| Climate | temperate |
| Context | urban exposition |
| Architectural Style | Victorian Structural Expressionist |
| Street Address | |
| Notes | A symbol of Paris worldwide. 985' high rugged tracery of iron work. Commission from competition victory. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Eiffel_Tower.html |
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Commentary
"...the tower was the greatest affront not only to the architecture of Paris, but also to the eye of the Parisian, for whom its structural logic and revolutionary aesthetic language were incomprehensible.
"Essentially, the structure of the Eiffel Tower—which was a far-ranging extrapolation of Eiffel's spidery, wrought-iron bridge pylons—could not have been more simple: four immense, tapering, curved, lattice-girder piers that meet asymptotically. These piers rise from an immensely broad square base—125 meters on a side—and are laced together at two levels by connecting girders to form an integral unity of great stability..."
— Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture: from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. p485.
"The creation of Gustave Eiffel, this magnificent steel tower has come to serve as a symbol of Paris, as well as of France itself. The structure is not only a landmark that is recognized all over the world, but is perhaps the most popular architectural achievement in the Western world. It was the tallest man-made structure in the world until the Empire State Building was constructed. The tower is visited by six million people every year." — http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=380
Details
Built for the 1889 International Exhibition, Paris, the centenary celebration of the French Revolution. On the Av. Gustave Eiffel, by the river Seine.
300 m (985 ft) tall.
Address
Avenue Gustave Eiffel. Telephone 01-44-11-23-23.
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Sir Banister Fletcher. Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture. 18th ed., revised by J.C. Palmes. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. ISBN 684-14207-4. NA200.F63. mentioned, p1188.— The classic text of architectural history. Expanded 1996 edition available at Amazon.com
Johnson Architectural Images. Copyrighted slides in the Artifice Collection.
G. E. Kidder Smith. Looking at Architecture. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3556-2. LC 90-30728. NA200.S57 1990. close in exterior photo of detail steel and stairs, p147. — Available at Amazon.com
Kevin Matthews, University of Oregon. Slide from photographer's collection, August 1992. PCD.3189.1011.1916.039.
Jack Perkins. Modern Marvels : The Eiffel Tower. Modern Marvels, 1994. VHS-NTSC format video tape. ISBN 6303420699.— Video - Available at Amazon.com
Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986. ISBN 0-13-044702-1. NA200.T7. p485.— Available at Amazon.com
Alene Stickles, University of Oregon. Slide from photographer's collection, June 1993. PCD.2365.1012.0634.049. PCD.2365.1012.0634.048, Detail of base. PCD.2365.1012.0634.047.
[edit] External Links
Eiffel Tower Page — Lots of links, pictures, & info.
La Tour Eiffel — Official Eiffel Tower pages (in both French and English).
Finalist in the New Seven Wonders international architectural landmarks contest.
Hundreds of photos around the Eiffel Tower projected in google maps
