» Architecture http://tornupletters.com/blog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:59:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Gustave Eiffel (1832 – 1923) http://tornupletters.com/blog/gustave-eiffel-1832-1923 http://tornupletters.com/blog/gustave-eiffel-1832-1923#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:22:56 +0000 E http://tornupletters.com/blog/?p=4 Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower

• 1832 – Born in Dijon on December 15 to François-Alexandre
Eiffel and Catherine Mélanie Moneuse.
• 1843 – His early childhood is spent with his maternal
grandmother and at school at the Lycée in Dijon where he
passed his baccalaureate.

(more info: here)

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Dubai

Does history repeat itself?

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space station of the sea

Called the SeaOrbiter, the huge 51m (167ft) structure is set to be the world’s first vertical ship allowing man a revolutionary view of life below the surface.

(via: dailymail)

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