What the Eiffel Tower would look like if it were designed by other famous architects (15 photos)

The Eiffel Tower was designed by Gustave Eiffel and his team for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris as a symbol of French industrial progress. It is 300 meters high and consists of more than 18,000 iron parts, held together by 2.5 million rivets.





The tower has become a global symbol of iron engineering and architecture, overcoming initial criticism to become the main symbol of Paris. But what if other famous architects had designed it?

Antonio Gaudi



Famous project of Gaudi: Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.

Zaha Hadid





Famous project: Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku.

Le Corbusier



Famous project: Villa Savoye in France.

Kengo Kuma



Famous project: Japanese National Stadium in Tokyo.

Jean Nouvel



Famous project: Louvre Abu Dhabi in the UAE.

Tadao Ando



Famous project: Chapel of Light in Japan.

Oscar Niemeyer



Notable project: Cathedral, Brasilia.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe



Notable project: Seagram Building, New York.

Frank Lloyd Wright



Famous project: the very same Fallingwater House in Pennsylvania, USA.

Louis Henry Sullivan



Famous project: Wainwright Building, St. Louis, USA.

Frank Gehry



Famous project: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

Bjarke Ingels



Famous project: 8 House residential complex in Copenhagen.

Norman Foster



Famous project: The Mary Axe skyscraper in London.

Santiago Calatrava



Famous project: The Woman's Bridge in Buenos Aires.