The Eiffel Tower is set to undergo a massive renovation project: a 15-year, €300 Million endeavor that will preserve the attraction for decades to come. Built 128 years ago as a temporary structure ...

Gustave Eiffel already had several large projects to his name by the time the 1889 World’s Fair was announced. He had engineered Budapest’s railway station and Porto’s Maria Pia Bridge, and was in the ...

When the idea of the Statue of Liberty was first raised around 1870, many Americans found the proposal, if not exactly insane, at least idiotic. The Industrial Revolution brought profound changes into ...

La Paz, Bolivia: a city full of juxtapositions. Aymara women with bowler hats and colorful aguayos on their backs cross paths with university students wearing European soccer jerseys. Bolivians ...

Romain Duris (left) as Gustave Eiffel, in a scene from EIFFEL. Courtesy of Blue Fox Entertainment. Architect and structural engineer Gustave Eiffel built not only Paris’ iconic Eiffel Tower, but ...