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  Archive    Formed Function Exploring The Eiffel Tower’s Aesthetic      `eawood (https://www.deviantart.com/eawood) eawood (https://www.deviantart.com/eawood)      :iconsagittariusgallery: sagittariusgallery (https://www.deviantart.com/sagittariusgallery)      Eiffel Twitter Facebook Google+ In a sense, the Eiffel Tower was created purely for the sake of making a tall tower. The impetus for designing the tower in the first place was an upcoming world’s fair, to be held in Paris in 1889 — the centennial of the French Revolution. The tower was to be a centerpiece for the upcoming fair, and it was meant to be a temporary structure, with an intended lifespan of twenty years. The Eiffel Tower is now a prominent national symbol