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    Gustave Eiffel created many famous buildings and structures during his career, including bridges and the Statue of Liberty. His most famous creation was the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which was built in 1887 and remains the tallest structure in the city. The iconic lattice tower was intended to be a temporary exhibit for the 1889 World's Fair but is still standing today as one of the most recognized landmarks in the world.

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    Gustave Eiffel created many famous buildings and structures during his career, including bridges and the Statue of Liberty. His most famous creation was the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which was built in 1887 and remains the tallest structure in the city. The iconic lattice tower was intended to be a temporary exhibit for the 1889 World's Fair but is still standing today as one of the most recognized landmarks in the world.

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    Gustave Eiffel created many famous buildings and structures during his career, including bridges and the Statue of Liberty. His most famous creation was the Eiffel Tower in Paris, which was built in 1887 and remains the tallest structure in the city. The iconic lattice tower was intended to be a temporary exhibit for the 1889 World's Fair but is still standing today as one of the most recognized landmarks in the world.

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    Gustave Eiffel

    Gustave Eiffel created many famous buildings. His most famous was the Eiffel Tower.

    About Eiffel
    Gustave Eiffel - Gustave Eiffel started metalworking after college - He mainly worked on bridges. - In 1879, Eiffel was hired to work on the Statue of Liberty - He was born in Dijon, France in 1832. - Attended the College of art and manufacturing

    First projects
    - Built iron bridge in Bordeaux - Began his own company in 1855 When he designed the - Designed the Arched Gallery of Machines in 1867

    Later life
    - Eiffel moved away from bridgework in 1879, - Eiffel was hired as the new head architect of the statue of Liberty in 1879. The most famous structure Eiffel made was the Eiffel tower, standing 324 meters high. Construction began in 1887 and finished in 1889. The Eiffel Tower was build to recognize the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. After the tower was finished, it directed Eiffel into aeronautical engineering. He build an aerodynamics lab at its base, where he would test things to his choice. Some of his work there even influenced some of the first aviators, including the wright brothers.

    The Eiffel Tower


    The Eiffel Tower was built in 1889, and it was made for the world exhibition to celebrate 100 years of the French Revolution that happened in 1789. The tower was only supposed to be there for the Exposition, but it is still there today, 100 years later. Many people protested that the architecture of the tower would not look nice with the city. The Eiffel Tower, is made of Iron-Lattice poles, located in Champ de Mars in Paris, and it was named after the engineer and lead architect Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. It has become an amazing cultural icon in France and one of the most well-known structures in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris. The Eiffel tower has had the most tourists and visitors to it, more than any other tourist attraction. In 2011, 7.1 million people visited it. The very top is an observatory's which is 279.11 m high. It is the highest building accessible to the public right now.360 By 2010, the tower received 250 million visitors.

    The Eiffel Tower


    The tower is 320 meters tall, which is about the same as an 81 storey house. It was the worlds tallest building for 41 years until the Chrysler building was built in 1930

    The building of the tower began in January 1887. The foundations of the tower were complete by 30 June and building of the ironwork began. Before building, the company building it drew 1,700 general sketches and 3,629 detailed drawings. There were 18,038 different parts needed: The parts needed were very complex and difficult. To enhance the look of height the Tower was colored 3 different colors. The darkest on the bottom and lightest on top to give the illusion of height. The tower is currently painted bronze.

    Role of geometry
    Architecture in the Eiffel tower is very advanced for the year the tower was built. The tower consisted of many squares, with triangles inside them. Eiffel was one of the first people ever to build a structure with this sort of architecture. He chose this type of building because the triangle, being the only shape that has only 180 degrees when the angles are added up, makes it the sturdiest and strongest way of building. This is also due to that any other shape, like a square, can be flattened, yet the only way to flatten a triangle would be to alter the poles themselves, which would be near impossible for the natural forces on the tower. The railings also form perfect rectangles. The wind forces at the top of the tower cause it to sway up to 7cm. This may seem like a lot, but most other skyscrapers these days can sway up to 10cm or more! Another way architecture was used in the shape of the entire tower, in the way it starts as a square, and slowly becomes thinner as it goes to the top, while keeping that triangle in a square formation. For every square on the tower, there is exactly 2 more triangles connecting to it.

    Role of geometry
    The many spaces and holes in the tower also are made to make the least possible air resistance. The curvature of the tower is also mathematically designed to be very air resistant, while being strong and sturdy. You can see from a picture of the Eiffel tower, that the shape is similar to the one of the Pyramids of Egypt. Eiffel himself stated that All the cutting force of the wind passes into the interior of the leading edge uprights. Meaning that any wind going through would go over the edge and through the inside structure.

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