No inicio dos anos 80, o designer de moda, Pierre Cardin procurava uma casa de Verão fora do comum, na Côte d'Azur. Enquanto procurava, deparou-se com uma construção do arquitecto Antti Lovag para um industrial francês, que havia falecido antes da obra ficar concluída. Cardin comprou a casa e perguntou então ao arquitecto se a completaria para ele. A casa é toda ela curvas, por dentro e por fora.
It seems April Fools day came early. The Eiffel Tower Extension proposed by the architect firm Serero is fake. Images spread quickly across the internet and the story was eventually picked up by mainstream media including The New York Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph. Mixed responses are being published from both the architects and the tower management company La Societe d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel (SETE).
... a spokesman for Serero Architectes, who declined to give his name, insisted that the company had been, "invited to enter a limited competition", and that, "we would not have drawn up such elaborate plans unless we thought that there was a genuine competition".
We're sorry we were tricked too, whatever the truth really is, you can't deny this was a great publicity stunt for all parties involved. And we still like the concept btw.
