Here is a link where you can see The Shukhov Tower as if you are there :
http://www.360cities.net/image/shukhov-tower-on-the-oka-river#376.48,-6.08,110.0
The tower is one of several tower structures designed by Russian engineer and scientist Vladimir Shukhov. By applying his analytical skills to the doubly-curved surfaces Nikolai Lobachevsky named "hyperbolic", Shukhov derived a family of equations that led to new structural and constructional systems, known as hyperboloids of revolution and hyperbolic paraboloids. V. Shukhov designed more then one tower:
Only a few years ago there was a pair of 128-meter-high masts. In 1989, the power line was rerouted and the 20- and 68- metre pylons were dismantled. The 128 metre pylons were left intact as a monument. Today, only one of the 128-metre pylons stands as the other was illegally scrapped for metal in May 2005.
Structure : The Shukhov Tower consists of five 25-metre (82 ft) steel lattice sections, formed by single-cavity hyperboloids of revolution. The pylon sections[vague] are made of straight profiles, the ends of which rest against circular foundations. The tower's circular concrete foundation has a diameter of 30 metres (98 ft).
This Photo shows us not the same tower as in my project, but I think it is really useful because it helps you to understand how these towers were built :
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