Though the Eiffel Tower bears his name, Gustave Eiffel was not initially enthusiastic about the structure nor did he design ...

The decision committee ultimately chose Eiffel’s design, and hence the ... had a 20-year permit for the Eiffel Tower, after ...

Projects on five continents The tower came towards the end of Eiffel’s career, during which he built around 500 structures across ... His 1890 design envisaged a system of concrete-coated ...

No building better symbolises Paris than the Tour Eiffel. Maupassant claimed ... was originally meant to be a temporary structure. The radical cast-iron tower was built for the 1889 World Fair ...

Nicola Wood, Senior Editor Designed and constructed for the 1889 Exposition Universelle (the World's Fair), the Eiffel Tower was always meant to be a temporary structure, but it has skirted ...