When Philippe Coupérie-Eiffel was a young boy, his great-grandmother issued him a directive: “You must learn and understand what my father did, and then pass on that knowledge.” In a new book, Eiffel ...
Gustave Eiffel already had several large projects to his name by the time the 1889 World’s Fair was announced. He had engineered Budapest’s railway station and Porto’s Maria Pia Bridge, and was in the ...
On May 21st, 2026, Artcurial’s Art Deco department will present a piece of Eiffel Tower history: a section of the original spiral staircase dating from 1889, designed under the supervision of Gustave ...
Paris – Gustave Eiffel died 100 years ago at the age of 91. Best known as the engineer behind the Eiffel Tower, he was also an entrepreneur and patron of the sciences. Over the course of his life, ...
Gustave Eiffel is regarded as one of the most influential Frenchmen of the 19th and 20th centuries. Eiffel is widely recognised as a legend of his day, having presided over the construction of some of ...
The Eiffel Tower attracts millions of visitors every year, yet one of its most fascinating features remains largely unknown. Hidden near the top is a private apartment built for Gustave Eiffel himself ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On any given day, Reddit boards are crowded with queries like “Do Parisians like Americans?” featuring ...
Plans by Paris' mayor to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower have been criticised by the descendants of its namesake, ...
Created a decade before New York's first real skyscrapers, the tower was a radical feat of engineering, but outraged Paris's cultural elite Simon Heffer is an author, historian and biographer. He also ...
When French engineer Gustave Eiffel designed the Eiffel Tower, an iconic landmark of Paris, France, he included a private office with a kitchen and bathroom on the top floor. It has been reported that ...
The Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited landmarks in the world today, was once the tallest structure ever built too. At the time of its completion in 1889, its 984 feet (or 300 meters) far surpassed ...
The Eiffel Tower is set to undergo a massive renovation project: a 15-year, €300 Million endeavor that will preserve the attraction for decades to come. Built 128 years ago as a temporary structure ...