Quote by John Provan

“dramatically, but helium gas was 10 times as expensive. Under these conditions, Dr. Eckener, a pilot whose primary concern was safety and as Director…

— John Provan

“locations for joining the girder sections. The empty aluminum structure had a total weight of 56,368 kg, a figure which doubled, when all equipment…

— John Provan

“The present Mr. Parslow was teaching his son the craft; the two of them and their three workmen would scramble like industrious termites over…

— Philip Pullman

The practical man build's a strong structure from the stone's thrown at him

— Paul John II N Caballero

“Étant la plus saisissante manifestation de l'art des constructions métalliques par lesquelles nos ingénieurs se sont illustrés en Europe, elle est une des formes…

— Gustave Eiffel

“As for the orchestra,' Quinsonnas continued, 'it has fallen very low since his instrument no longer suffices to feed the instrumentalist! Talk about a…

— Jules Verne

I love working out how things are made, which is why I have so many models of towers.

— Douglas Coupland

The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of which the principle consists…

— Gustave Eiffel

“Less than a decade after the Great Exhibition, iron as a structural material was finished—which makes it slightly odd that the most iconic structure…

— Bill Bryson

“For us to deem a work of architecture elegant, it is hence not enough that it look simple: we must feel that the simplicity…

— Alain de Botton

“of metal, if one combined a truss with an arch, if one built diagonal”

— Ayn Rand

“...the/ supreme end-result of/ early Gothic phallic forms/ is the skyscraper & the/ oil drill & powered/ compressor & pistons of/ great engines...”

— Jack Kerouac