Monday, September 28, 2009

Eiffel Tower


Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 in the area of the Paris Universal Exhibition, held in 1867. Its architect Gustave Eiffel was a structure that aims to stay down in history as a memorable symbol of strength and perfection. Studied its not wind resistance (aerodynamics), building the structure only in its essentials, then lay the platform of beauty, simplicity and efficiency. This memorial was the triumph of the architecture of iron. Many technicians suspected that the structure a day would fall, but so far it has not happened. The architecture of iron architects and engineers. After 120 years of its construction, the Eiffel Tower is still one of the greatest monuments of France beyond the borders of the country and Europe. Due to the lifestyle of the people, architects and engineers have wanted to create a type of architecture for mass population and for different purposes. In response to this came along the lines of the company designing buildings for railways, railway stations, factories, offices, markets, department stores, bridges and pavilions of exhibitions. They began to use materials such as cast iron, glass, large, later also began to emerge with other materials such as steel and concrete.

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