The decision committee ultimately chose Eiffel’s design, and hence the iconic tower was born. Eiffel and his team, including Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, who drew up the original design ...

Many, including famous artists, considered its design an aesthetic aberration. Author Guy de Maupassant famously said that ...

The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor shares something in common with other marvels of the world that are, were and never ...

United have now confirmed they will pursuing the new £2billion ground as part of a wider regeneration project, with details ...

The radical cast-iron tower was built for the 1889 World Fair and the centenary of the 1789 Revolution by engineer Gustave Eiffel. Eiffel made use of new technology that was already popular in ...

the iron pieces used are cut from girders and other bits that were swapped out of the Eiffel Tower during renovations and stored for safekeeping, reveals Joachim Roncin, head of design at the ...

Manchester United has announced its intention to pursue a new 100,000-seater stadium as the centrepiece of the regeneration of the Old Trafford area.

His 1890 design envisaged a system of concrete-coated ... The wind tunnel he built in a hangar at the foot of the Eiffel Tower was used to test more than 20 planes. It is still used today by ...

with Sir Jim Ratcliffe hoping the striking design would become a tourist destination in the north of England like the Eiffel Tower is in Paris. “It’s not just a new stadium,” the co-owner said.