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1、EiffelTower林果慧090801123Summary:TheEiffeltowerwhichisthemostfamousbuildingstillstandingonFranceafter123years.Itdesignedbyanengineer namedGustaveEiffel.Itworthyofustounderstand.Aswearestudentsforarchitecturaldesign,Keywords：EiffelTower,Eiffel,Design,Origin.Themostfam
2、ousmonumentinFranceandthesymbolofParisHistoryOn31March1889,theflagwasraisedonthetopoftheEiffelTower,thusconsecratingGustavEiffel'sworld-renownedmonument,madeof18,038metalcomponents,2,500,000rivets,whichtookovertwoyearstoassemble.Inthe108yearssinceitwasbuiltfortheWo
3、rldExhibition,incelebrationoftheFrenchRevolution,theEiffelTowerhasgainedworldrenown.Over167millionvisitorsofallnationalitieshaveclimbedthemonumentmadeofpuddlediron,whichhasbecomeasymboloftheculturalinfluenceofParis.In1996,fromits318.7metersummit(includingtheantenna
4、),nolessthat5530279visitorsenjoyedtheview,whichextendsforupto80kilometersinfineweather.ComeadmiretheEiffelTower!OriginofthetowerThedesignofthe EiffelTower wasoriginatedby MauriceKoechlin andÉmileNouguier,twoseniorengineerswhoworkedfortheCompagniedesEstablissmentsEi
5、ffelafterdiscussionaboutasuitablecentrepiecefortheproposed1889ExpositionUniverselle,a World'sFair whichwouldcelebratethecentennialofthe FrenchRevolution.InMay1884Koechlin,workingathishome,madeanoutlinedrawingoftheirscheme,describedbyhimas"agreatpylon,consistingoffo
6、urlatticegirdersstandingapartatthebaseandcomingtogetheratthetop,joinedtogetherbymetaltrussesatregularintervals".InitiallyEiffelhimselfshowedlittleenthusiasm,buthedidsanctionfurtherstudyoftheproject,andthetwoengineersthenaskedStephenSauvestre,theheadofcompany'sarchi
7、tecturaldepartment,tocontributetothedesign.Sauvestreaddeddecorativearchestothebase,aglasspaviliontothefirstlevelandotherembellishments.ThisenhancedversiongainedEiffel'ssupport,andheboughttherightstothepatentonthedesignwhichKoechlin,NougierandSauvestrehadtakenout,an
8、dthedesignwasexhibitedattheExhibitionofDecorativeArtsintheautumnof1884underthecompanyname.On30March1885EiffelreadapaperontheprojecttotheSociétéde
