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La Tour de 300 mètres - Reviews

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"Das Format unserer Abbildung ist natürlich vollkommen falsch. Es entspricht weder dem Format des Buches noch dem Format des Turmes. Letzteres ist 300,51 Meter hoch (ohne Antenne). Ersteres 53 Zentimeter. 10.100 Tonnen wiegt der Eiffel-Turm, knapp vier Kilo wiegt jenes Buch, das Bertrand Lemoine jetzt herausgegeben hat. Es ist ein Reprint jenes auf 500 Exemplare limitierten Bands, das Gustave Eiffel 1900 drucken ließ. Es enthält auf 53 Doppelseiten Konstruktionszeichnungen, Detailentwürfe zu jenem Weltwunder, gegen dessen Errichtung es regelrechte Kampagnen gab." Die Welt, Berlin Germany

"Dabei war der Turm vor allem auch das Ergebnis konstruktiver planvoller Präzision. Die 500 nummerierten, auf Venilpapier gedruckten, und im Jahr 1900 erstmals veröffentlichten Originalpläne vom Bau des Eiffelturms belegen dies anschaulich - im TASCHEN Verlag sind sie soeben in dem Tafelband Der 300-Meter-Turm glanzvoll reanimiert worden. Die Kunst der Fuge, lernt man daraus, ist vor allem eine der Fügung, der Technik und der Tollkühnheit." Süddeutsche Zeitung, München Germany

"TASCHEN's gorgeous edition of Gustave Eiffel's plans for his famous tower never before available to the public at large. La Tour de 300 Metres stands nearly 2ft; if you love the art of engineering, this is one for you." The Times, London United Kingdom

"Paris without the Eiffel Tower? Unthinkable! Yet when it was built in 1889, it was only intended to stand for 20 years. TASCHEN's new book on this famous landmark more than half a metre high in its own right! provides plenty of reasons to be thankful the structure stayed put... As well as fascinating photos tracing the construction of what was once the world's tallest building (check out the super-size foundations!), there's an array of beautiful yet baffling intricate technical drawings that show every screw, bolt and girder. Guaranteed to make you marvel at a miracle of modern engineering." Elle Decoration, London United Kingdom

"The Eiffel Tower was built as a temporary structure for the 1889 World`s Fair but, happily, it stuck around, thanks in part to the efforts of its creator, architect Gustave Eiffel. La Tour de 300 métres was Eiffel`s propaganda tool — a lavish tribute to the tower as an engineering marvel, complete with drawn-to-scale plans (literally down to the nuts and bolts). A sequence of fascinating photographs narrates the construction process, from a view of the barren Champs de Mars, to dramatic images of the half-built structure, to the final assembly of the campanile that crowns the top. Eiffel printed the book in an edition of 500 and distributed it as a gift. Only two original copies survive. Printed at a scale commensurate with its subject — roughly the size of a carry-on suitcase — TASCHEN`s sumptuous reissue brings this long-lost architectural document to the public for the first time. Just make sure you have a coffee table big enough to accommodate it." Culture & Travel, New York United States

"Replicas of the Eiffel Tower exist all over the world, but the real thing still towers above them all. At 300 meters high—75 stories high—the creation is a soaring latticework of iron and open air. Built between 1887 and 1889, the tower was part of a temporary exposition marking the centennial of the French Revolution. The city of Paris planned to raze the monument after 20 years. But its maker, Gustave Eiffel, was determined to extend its life. In 1900, he issued a handsome, limited-edition volume — part celebration, part propaganda — exploring the tower`s design and execution. He gave away the original 500 copies to gain support for preserving the structure but never sold any on the market. Now, an exact duplicate of Eiffel`s original, oversize compilation is available for purchase. La Tour de 300 Métres features 53 double-page plates of drawings and 11 photographs of the construction. Mathematical calculations and a historical map of the Paris that was visible from the tower`s summit complete this work that captures the care, skill, and sheer bravado behind the construction." Hemispheres Magazine, Dallas United States

Excellent job but the text from Gustave Eiffel is missing, as it happens very often with fac-similes of exceptionnal books. Alain A. Cerf Alain A Cerf United States

"Con 53 doble páginas con dibujos técnicos y detalladas explicaciones, y 11 fotografías de la construcción, el libro revela el complejo y fascinante proceso realizado para poner en pie la famosa torre." Alter Ego, Madrid Spain

"La Tour de 300 Mètres est l`exacte reproduction du portfolio de Gustave Eiffel: plans, croquis, photographies, tous les détails de la construction sont précisés…Bertrand Lemoine a conçu cet ouvrage colossal. «Il s`agit d`une trace écrite d`une construction des plus extraordinaires. Ce portfolio est également l`histoire d`Eiffel, représentatif de son temps, d`une vie d`entrepreneur du XIXe siècle », explique-t-il. Ce spécialiste de l`histoire et d`actualité de la construction métallique possède un réel talent de pédagogue; ses explications claires et précises satisferont tant les profanes que les plus expérimentés. Alors, si vous désirez reconstruire la tour Eiffel dans votre jardin ou tout simplement vous plonger au cœur d`un monument mythique, cet ouvrage vous comblera." Direct Soir, Paris France

"The construction photos are as evocative as you'd expect, but the real revelation is the beauty and intricacy of the Eiffel Company's working drawings done at scales of 1:200 down to 1:10 for the details... This is a lovely thing, but won`t fit on many bookshelves." RIBA Journal, London United Kingdom

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