Andrew Ayers

Andrew Ayers studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and City University London, and has lived in France for more than a decade. Among other books, he is the author of The Architecture of Paris, a guide to the city’s built fabric from Gallo-Roman times to the present day. He is also an architectural journalist, his writing having appeared in 032c, The Architectural Review (to which he is a regular contributor), Numéro, PIN–UP magazine (of which he is the associate editor), and others. When not writing about architecture and the history of his adopted city, you’ll find Ayers teaching on Columbia’s New York/Paris program or working as a docent at the Maison de Verre.

Andrew Ayers's Posts

historic renovation
Towering Expectations: An In-Depth Look at the Eiffel Tower's Latest Update

by Andrew Ayers

To relieve the long queues to the tower’s pinnacle, Paris architecture studio Moatti-Rivière renovated the landmark’s first floor to encourage visitors to linger. What first floor, you ask?
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The City of Paris Inaugurates the Eiffel Tower's Newly Renovated First Floor

by Andrew Ayers

To serve the nearly 7 million annual visitors to the landmark, Moatti-Rivière designed and rebuilt two pavilions and renovated an existing third structure on the tower's previously underutilized first floor.