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May 5, 2022 · As Gustave Eiffel's loyal right-hand man, Maurice Koechlin oversaw the design (5,300 drawings!) and innumerable calculations for the monument, then closely supervised its foundation and construction between 1887 and 1889.
Though named after a project of Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel Tower – symbol of Paris – has its structural concept and form from the responsible chief engineer Maurice Koechlin. Koechlin was an engineer of outstanding ingenuity and well versed in the structural techniques of his time.
Feb 23, 2022 · Switzerland has a significant link to the Eiffel Tower: Maurice Koechlin may not be as renowned today as Gustave Eiffel, but he drew the first sketch for the tower and remains its true creator.
The design of the Eiffel Tower is attributed to Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, two senior engineers working for the Compagnie des Établissements Eiffel. It was envisioned after discussion about a suitable centerpiece for the proposed 1889 Exposition Universelle, a world's fair to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Aug 8, 2024 · Eiffel and his team, including Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, who drew up the original design, set out to dazzle the world with a 300-meter tower—which is what Eiffel called it.
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Jun 13, 2011 · While Eiffel himself often receives full credit for the monument that bears his name, it was one of his employees—a structural engineer named Maurice Koechlin—who came up with and fine-tuned...
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Emile Nouguier and Maurice Koechlin, the two chief engineers in Eiffel's company, had the idea for a very tall tower in June 1884. It was to be designed like a large pylon with four columns of lattice work girders, separated at the base and coming together at the top, and joined to each other by more metal girders at regular intervals.