Discover who designed the Eiffel Tower, fascinating facts about its construction, height, weight, and its surprising original ...

The Eiffel Tower, one of the most visited landmarks ... They argued that the giant metal structure would clash with the classical architecture that defined the city, like Notre-Dame, the Louvre ...

AFP via Getty Images Vive la résistance! Family descendants of famed 19th century Eiffel Tower architect Gustave Eiffel are balking at the idea of Paris keeping newly installed Olympic Rings on ...

Videos [RE]design BIG designs Eiffel Tower COMPETITION THEME – “[RE]design BIG designs” the goal is to think as the great names of architecture and to re-think BIG icons and monuments on it ...

The Eiffel Tower can indeed grow and contract in the summer and winter, respectively. However, the growth is only a few millimeters — not up to 6 inches, as many social media posts claim.

As much as the French capital reveled in the celebratory air of the Olympics this summer, many are less than thrilled to discover Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s plan to keep the iconic Olympic rings ...

A celebrated architectural feat, the Eiffel Tower opened to the public in Paris on May 15, 1889. The tower was designed by engineers Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier along with architect ...

Pierre de Coubertin, who formed the IOC at the outset of the first modern Olympics in 1896, was a contemporary of Gustave Eiffel. His relationship with the tower's architect allowed him to be one ...

Yeatman-Eiffel is the great-great-great grandson of Gustave Eiffel, the tower's architect, and the vice-president of the Association of Descendants of Gustave Eiffel, which represents about 70 of ...