Stephen Sauvestre
Charles Léon Sauvestre Stephen, ( born 26 December 1847 in Bonnétable, † 1919), according to other sources also Stephen Eugène Sauvestre, was a French architect who was known primarily for his revision of the Eiffel Tower.
Life
Sauvestre in 1847, the son of Charles Nicéphore Sauvestre ( 1818-1883 ) and Claire Clairian born in Bonnétable. Since his father a year later got a job as an editor at the Paris newspaper Courier Loir et Cher, the family moved to the capital.
Stephen Sauvestre obtained his diploma in 1868 at the École Spéciale d'Architecture in Paris. Initially he worked on smaller projects, he met Gustave Eiffel and created for him the Pavillon du Gaz for the Paris World Exhibition in 1878. During the redesign of Paris under the direction of the urban planner Georges- Eugène Haussmann had Sauvestre by designs of many houses in 17. arrondissement.
Sauvestre, the employees at Gustave Eiffel & Cie was, was commissioned by Eiffel in the spring of 1886 with the revision of the draft to the Eiffel Tower. The technically mature, but very sober -looking pylône de 300 meters de hauteur by Maurice Koechlin Eiffel appeared as little promise in order to decide the tender itself can. Sauvestre equipped the tower with various decorative elements, including a monumental arch, which was true for the sustainability not necessary, but to be the claim used as entrance for the Exposition significantly better enough. It also reduced the number of sites to three. With Sauvestres draft, which was again submitted revised slightly, Eiffel eventually won the bid for the World Expo Paris 1889.