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Charles Léon Stephen Sauvestre (26 December 1847 – 26 December 1919) was a French architect. He is notable for being one of the architects contributing to the design of the world-famous Eiffel Tower, built for the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris, France.
Stephen Sauvestre was the architect who was commissioned by Eiffel to build the Eiffel Tower. Mr. Stephen Sauvestre was born in Paris in December 1847. Pupil of Mr. Simonet at the School of Architecture founded in Paris by Mr. Emile Trélat, he went out with the first class, after obtaining medals of honor.
Jul 11, 2011 · Stephen Sauvestre was born in 1847, and was one of the first graduates of the Ecole spéciale d'architecture, a new school set up to separate this discipline from the world of the Beaux-Arts. Students learned about modern techniques involving metal structures, and a little later reinforced concrete, and were encouraged to work on useful ...
Eiffel initially showed little enthusiasm, but he did approve further study, and the two engineers then asked Stephen Sauvestre, the head of the company's architectural department, to contribute to the design. Sauvestre added decorative arches to the base of the tower, a glass pavilion to the first level, and other embellishments.
Selected from among 107 projects, it was that of Gustave Eiffel, an entrepreneur, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, both engineers, and Stephen Sauvestre, an architect, that was accepted. Emile Nouguier and Maurice Koechlin, the two chief engineers in Eiffel's company, had the idea for a very tall tower in June 1884.
Apr 26, 2019 · They then called on Stephen Sauvestre, the company's official architect, to completely redesign the project. The engineers' technical sketch was transformed. Sauvestre defined three floors, the first two of which had glass rooms to receive the public, installed large decorative arches between the feet of the tower, and decorated the base with ...
Selected from among 107 projects, it was that of Gustave Eiffel, an entrepreneur, Maurice Koechlin and Emile Nouguier, both engineers, and Stephen Sauvestre, an architect, that was accepted.
Mar 21, 2019 · Two of Gustave Eiffel’s engineers, Emile Nouguier and Maurice Koechlin had the idea for the Tower in 1884. It took three years to refine its architecture and aesthetics, with the help of architect Stephen Sauvestre, and to set the project up with the organizers of the World’s Fair.
Mar 27, 2020 · Three engineers from Eiffel’s firm, Maurice Koechlin, Emile Nouguier, and Stephen Sauvestre came up with the design. Jean Compagnon and Adolphe Salles managed its construction, and Eiffel asked...
The original proposal of a grand tower to form the centerpiece of the 1889 Exposition Universelle was drafted by two engineers, Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, and architect Stephen Sauvestre, all while working at Gustave Eiffel’s company.
