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The Eiffel Tower

Call no.: : TE 725.970944361 GRE
Author: : Meg Greene
Contributor: : Norasfia Binti Zainal
Summary: The Eiffel Tower such an interesting book that makes readers know how was the history behind the tower. The tower designed by Gustave Alexandre Eiffel an Architectural Engineer from France. His design was won as a winner after selected form over hundred designs in. The earlier idea to have the 1,0000 -foot tower was form Edouard Lockroy , the minister of commerce and industry and a chairman of the Exposition Communitee. The construction starts in 1887 and completely finish in 1889. This book can give us thinking of design at that time beyond form others. Beside using stone or brick and use wrought iron and the building still there until now.