Who designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris?

Gustave Eiffel designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The tower was built for the 1889 Exposition Universelle, a world’s fair celebrating the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Eiffel’s company won the contract, and the structure was engineered by Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, with architectural input from Stephen Sauvestre.

Construction began in 1887 and finished in 1889. The iron tower reached 300 metres at completion, making it the world’s tallest man-made structure until New York’s Chrysler Building surpassed it in 1930. Its height is greater today because of antennas.

People sometimes credit Eiffel alone for every design detail, but the project involved a team of engineers and architects. Gustave Eiffel was already famous for major metal bridges before the Paris landmark made his name internationally recognisable.