Charles Ribart

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 drainige 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