Facts

Official Name	Eiffel Tower
Other Names	Tour Eiffel
Structure Type	Tower
Status	Completed
Country	France
City	Paris
Street Address & Map	Champ de Mars
Postal Code	75007
Building Function	telecommunications / observation
Structural Material	other
Construction Start	1887
Completion	1889
Retrofit Start	2012
Retrofit End	2014
Official Website	Eiffel Tower

Original Companies Involved

Architect
• Design	Moatti-Rivière Architects; Stephen Sauvestre
Structural Engineer
• Design	Gustave Eiffel
Material Supplier
• Elevator	Otis Elevator Company

Retrofit Companies Involved

Main Contractor	Bateg
Other Consultant
• Landscape	Gustafson Porter + Bowman
Material Supplier
• Aluminium	POHL Group
• Cladding	Kuraray
• Flooring	Kuraray

Videos

CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Panel,"Tall Buildings and Context: How High Can We Go and Why Should We?"
18 Oct 2016 – Ron Klemencic, Magnusson Klemencic Associates; Karl Almstead, Turner Construction Company; Andrew Nicholson, CBRE; Jon Pickard, Pickard Chilton; Ian Smith, thyssenkrup

Research Papers

World’s Highest Observation Decks
Aug 2015 – CTBUH Journal, 2015 Issue III

Debating Tall: A Supertall Future in the US?
27 Jan 2012 – CTBUH Journal, 2012 Issue I

Other Building Facts

Eiffel Tower is composed of over 18,000 pieces of metalwork, predominantly made of wrought iron. Due to the rare use of iron in the construction of tall structures, Eiffel Tower is listed as a steel structure in the Skyscarper Center database.