Books about gustave eiffel biography
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Eiffel: The Genius Who Reinvented Himself
The Eiffel Tower was proposed as the centrepiece for the World Exhibition of 1889, yet the moment the plans were unveiled they were greeted with a storm of protests. An influential Artists' Protest was vocal in its criticism; Eiffel became involved in an extended argument with Charles Garnier, architect of the Paris Opera; and satirists had a field day. Robust in his defence of the tower, Eiffel had the last laugh: when completed, the tower became an instant favourite and a moneyspinner. Yet, at the moment of his triumph, scandal beckoned. While the tower was being built Eiffel had signed contracts for the biggest and riskiest project of his life - the construction of the locks for the Panama Canal. In 1889 the canal company was plunged into liquidation due to mismanagement. Eiffel
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Gustave Eiffel
French civilian engineer (1832–1923)
For other uses, see Gustave Eiffel (disambiguation).
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When Philippe Coupérie-Eiffel was a young boy, his great-grandmother issued him a directive: “You must learn and understand what my father did, and then pass on that knowledge.” In a new book, Eiffel by Eiffel (Edition Olms, $65), Coupérie-Eiffel has done just that. His extensive study of his great-great-grandfather, the man best known as the Gustave behind a certain iconic tower, paints a vivid portrait of the architect-engineer.
Gustave Eiffel with his wife, Marguerite, and their five children in 1874, posing before their home in Levallois-Perret.
A mélange of correspondence, early renderings and photographs, and translated excerpts from Gustave’s four-volume Biographie Industrielle et Scientifique, the volume is a veritable scrapbook of the elder Eiffel’s personal and professional life. Like all good family stories, Eiffel by Eiffelis rich with intimate detail, recalling the engineer's relationships with his siblings, his romances (he fondly described his wife, Marguerite, as “strong as several oxen”), and his path to becoming a doting father.
Eiffel’s 1876 design for the metal staircase of Paris’s Le Bon Marché department store.
The author brings equal insight to his ancestor's prolific career, examining not only the tower that bears Eiffel's n