Global Architecture
Original Purpose of the Eiffel Tower (1889 Exposition)
If you walked onto Paris’s Champ-de-Mars in the spring of 1889, you’d pass under a brand-new iron giant nearly 984 feet (300 meters) tall. It wasn’t built for…
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Who Designed the Eiffel Tower? Koechlin, Nouguier, Sauvestre
The Eiffel Tower didn’t spring fully formed from one mind. It began as a bold engineering sketch in 1884, sharpened by a crucial patent, and transformed by smart…
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Eiffel Tower Location
Paris’s “Iron Lady” stands on the broad lawns of the Champ de Mars beside the River Seine, framed by Haussmann boulevards and grand avenues. As of 2025, the…