Charles Ribart
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Charles Ribart was an 18th century French architect.
In 1758, he 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 incoporated into the elephant's trunk.
The French Government, however, was not amused and turned him down.
Little of his work now survives.
See also: Lucy the Elephant