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Famous Paris landmark constructed for the Centennial Exposition in 1899 and named after its designer, a bridge engineer. 984 feet high and made of open-lattice steelwork, nothing remotely like it had been constructed before. It remained the tallest building until 1930 when the Chrysler Building in New York was constructed.

Base of the Eiffel Tower. Constructed for the Centennial Exposition in Paris in 1899, it is 984 ft high and built of open-lattice steelwork. The base structure consists of four semi-circular arches capped with an observation platform.

Base of the Eiffel Tower, constructed in 1899, consists of four semi-circular arches. This close-up shows the complex arrangement of the members in the space frame.

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Eiffel Tower

Tour Eiffel

building type

tower

involved parties

Gustave Eiffel (architecture)

address

France
Staat
Ile-de-France
region
Departement 75
Département
Paris
city
7e
district
Quai Branly
street
http://www.tour-eiffel.fr
website / homepage

map/aerial view

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time line

period	description
1887–1889	planning and construction period

description

text 1

The Eiffel Tower was built for the World's Fair in 1889. It was designed as a cross-braced, latticed girder with minimum wind resistance. Constructed from over 6300 metric tons (7000 tons) of highest quality wrought iron, it is a masterpiece of wrought-iron technology.

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reference

La Tour de 300 métres
C. von Bèuren
Edition A. Delcourt; 2000
Der Eiffelturm - Le coeur de Paris
W. Denker, F. Sagan
Ullstein Verlag; 1989
Architekturführer Paris
H. Wischermann
Hatje Verlag; 1997
Der Eiffelturm
Ein Bilderbuch
E. Fiebig
Atheneum Verlag; 1990
The Eiffel Tower
M. Greene
Lucent Books; 2000
Website über den Eiffel-Turm
http://www.tour-eiffel.fr
Remodelacion de la Torre Eiffel, Paris, Francia
in: CA, 1989,56
page 34–37
The Eiffel Tower is 100 years old
in: Canadian architect, 5/1989
P. Sandori
page 47–47,52
Eiffel Tower's discreet renovation
in: Building, 44/1984
D. Hill
page 9
The Eiffel Tower
in: Carpentry and building, 5/1889
page 88–89
The Eiffel Tower and the English lighthouse
in: Arts magazine, 7/1980
P. Mainardi
page 141–144
100 Jahre Eiffelturm
in: db, 2/1989
page 4–5
The dramaturgy of light: 20th century architecture, 2: The Eiffel Tower Fireworks
in: Space design, 6/1989,297
Y. Iijima
page 177–180
100 Jahre Eiffelturm
in: Architektur der DDR, 7/1989
C. Schädlich
page 40–44
1889: La Tour Eiffel et l'Exposition universelle
in: Petit Journal des Grandes Expositions, 1989,196
page 1–4
- exhibition review
Fontane e guglie per il primo centenario: le celebrazioni del 1889
in: Art e dossier, 1989,37
R. Florio
page 6–9
The dramaturgy of light: 20th century architecture, 1: The Eiffel Tower Fireworks
in: Space design, 5/1989,296
Y. Iijima
page 73–76