The Eiffel Tower
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A most wonderful book
http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/classics/all/44903/facts.the_eiffel_tower.htm
Contains many interesting details. Just think, this was all done before the age of computers, but properly done with hand calculations and force diagrams. Erected in two years with an on-site workforce that never exceeded 200. Highly recommended for all you mechanical types. For the mentally unstable, the ultimate Sketchup challenge.
Kind regards,
Bob -
Gooood, than You!
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Here you can find a cool model in DXF & OBJ format
9488 facetts et 28835 vertex
Here speedy Podium Render (Bryce is not at the good scale
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I found this interesting, however I disagree with the architects last few comments. Having a background in engineering and having looked at Gustav Eiffel's book I would say Eiffel's achievement was the more significant, and by a large margin. Also, his tower is 300 m high, while the replica is only half scale. The ground works for the original are very extensive and involved having to work below the water table. Eiffel used pressurised caissons so that his workers could complete the foundations on the Seine River side. To follow is much easier than to lead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbVhuSRqkqw&feature=related
For those who would like to more about the original
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower
Kind regards,
Bob
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