Illuminati to build Monster Triangle in Paris by 2017

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(CNN)While the skyline of London surges upward on a tide of new and startling towers, its eternal rival in Paris has taken the opposite approach.

After the deeply unpopular Tour Montparnasse was built in 1973, skyscrapers were effectively prohibited by a 36-meter height limit for new buildings in the city.

The limit was designed to preserve Paris' unique aesthetic, forged by Baron Haussmann's 19th century renovation, which created its iconic boulevards, public gardens, and housing blocks ringed with balconies.

But in 2010 the height restrictions were lifted, and the serenity could now be shattered by a 180-meter glass triangle in the South-West of the city.

Called 'Tour Triangle,' the $555 million project from Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron -- backed by Europe's largest property group Unibail Rodamco -- represents a radical and controversial departure from Parisian traditions.


Slim approval
Nine years after first being proposed, the Triangle narrowly passed a vote in Paris' City Council. It was the second such vote, after the plans were rejected in November, a decision later deemed 'invalid.'

The proposal was strongly supported by Socialist Party Mayor Anne Hidalgo, who stressed the economic opportunities of the Triangle, including 70,000 square meters of office space, luxury accommodation and leisure facilities.


"The abandonment of this project would be a disaster for the economy in Paris," Deputy Mayor Jean Louis Missika told Le Monde, claiming the project would create 3000 permanent jobs. "The Triangle Tower can be a signal to foreign investors, and international architects."

Herzog & de Meuron, responsible for Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium and London's Tate Modern, argue the building will fit with its environment.

"(We) take into account the impact of a high building on its environment," the architects said in a statement. "Its triangular shape reduces casting shadows on adjacent residential buildings. The environmental approach of the project is also perceptible in its simple, compact volume, which limits its ground impact."


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[Edge Guerrero]

- Not related, but your thread brought a old memory of mine.
I read a comic-book or book that had several triangle things, and one of the stupidiest was a bed insied a triangle, they used to say that would recharge our energys, i didn't build that traingle because my mom would lay the smackdown on me.

But i can imagine that toher kids had build those.

You didn't need to build a full triangle, could use a couple of woods and only do like the image bellow:

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Called 'Tour Triangle,' the $555 million project from Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron

Templars, no doubt.

I read a comic-book or book that had several triangle things, and one of the stupidiest was a bed insied a triangle, they used to say that would recharge our energys, i didn't build that traingle because my mom would lay the smackdown on me.

In the 70s and 80s, the home pyramid was all the rage. If you slept under one it was supposed to keep you young, and feeling rejuvenated. A smaller version was used for keeping blades sharp, put your razor blade and the kitchen knives under the pyramid and you'll never need to sharpen them.





Even Seinfeld got in on it.

[Edge Guerrero]

In the 70s and 80s, the home pyramid was all the rage. If you slept under one it was supposed to keep you young, and feeling rejuvenated. A smaller version was used for keeping blades sharp, put your razor blade and the kitchen knives under the pyramid and you'll never need to sharpen them.

Even Seinfeld got in on it.

- That one George is using, my comi showed one that was bigger over a bed, but is exactly like that.
And yes, they said sleeping in a triangle would make you a better athlete. :oops:

[Devil's Advocate]

^ Maybe that is the secret.