Éléphant triomphal
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L'elephant triomphal, grand kiosque a la gloire du roi [1] (1758) by French Charles Ribart.
In 1758, Ribart planned an addition to the Champs-Élysées in Paris, to be constructed where the Arc de Triomphe now stands. It consisted of three levels, to be built in the shape of an elephant, with entry via a spiral staircase in the underbelly. The building was to have a form of air conditioning, and furniture that folded into the walls. A drainage system was to be incorporated into the elephant's trunk. The French Government, however, was not amused and turned him down. Napoleon would later conceive a similar construction, the Elephant of the Bastille.
See also
- Elephant coming out of a chimney
- Elephant of the Bastille, a Napoleon-era proposal to build an elephant-shaped fountain in Place de la Bastille.
- Folly (architecture)
- Novelty architecture
- Paper architecture
- Biomorphic architecture
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