Entrée principale:

Loyrette, Henri.

Titre et auteur:

Gustave Eiffel / Henri Loyrette.

Publication:

New York : Rizzoli, 1985.

Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Translation of: Eiffel, un ingénieur et son oeuvre.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index.
Introduction - From Dijon to Levallois: childhood, youth and early works: -- The Eiffel family -- Childhood -- The formative years -- The early works -- The bridge builder: -- The Eiffel Company -- First important commissions -- Budapest Station -- The Douro Bridge -- Expansion of the company in France and throughout the world -- The Garabit Viaduct -- Major works -- The 300-meter tower: -- Forerunners -- The genesis of Eiffel's project -- Work in progress -- Behind the scenes -- Through visitors' eyes -- The tower as a subject of controversy -- Not a trace of art: -- Art of industry? -- The tower as icon -- Last works: -- The Panama affair -- Abortive projects -- Scientific work -- Appendices.
Also issued online.

Résumé:

A history of the Eiffel Tower and the civil engineer/architect who built it. This work also covers the tower's influence on society and its impact on architecture, engineering, the arts, etc.

ISBN:

0847806316
9780847806317

Sujet:

Eiffel, Gustave, 1832-1923.
Tour Eiffel (Paris, France)
Engineers France Biography.
Ingénieurs France Biographies.
21.71 commercial and industrial buildings.
Engineers.
Ingenieurs.
Eiffeltoren.
France.

Classification/genre:

Biography.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
Biographies (form)

Vedettes secondaires:

Exposition universelle de 1889 (Paris, France)

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 113554
Cote: ID:86-B275
Statut: Disponible