# What’s So Great About the Eiffel Tower?

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/jonathan-glancey/whats-so-great-about-the-eiffel-tower

JSON version (same data): https://www.bookquiver.com/jonathan-glancey/whats-so-great-about-the-eiffel-tower.json

![What’s So Great About the Eiffel Tower?](https://quivercdn.com/covers/lkp-orion/jonathan-glancey/whats-so-great-about-the-eiffel-tower_978-17-8067-919-8.jpg?v=2026-05-10%2006%3A11%3A09)

- Authors: [Jonathan Glancey](https://www.bookquiver.com/jonathan-glancey)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2017-02-20

## Description

Why do we find the idea of a multi-coloured Parthenon so shocking today? Why was the Eiffel Tower such a target for hatred when it was first built? Is the Sagrada Família a work of genius or kitsch? Why has Le Corbusier, one of the greatest of all architects, been treated as a villain? This book examines the critical legacy of both well known and either forgotten or underappreciated highpoints in the history of world architecture. Through 70 engaging, thought-provoking and often amusing debates, Jonathan Glancey invites readers to take a fresh look at the reputations of the masterpieces and great architects in history. You may never look at architecture in the same way again!

## Editions

### What’s So Great About the Eiffel Tower?

- Publisher: LKP Orion
- ISBN: 978-17-8067-919-8
- Published: 2017-02-20
- Language: en_GB