If you ’re drop a line an alternate history , these would be the buildings you ’d want to admit . They ’re the discarded designs for famous landmarks . conceive of if the Lincoln Memorial were a pyramid ! It almost was . . . and these other buildings were almost dramatically different too .
Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. as a pyramid. Proposal by John Russell Pope, 1912
( visualise above , viaNational Building Museum )
The Great Tower of London, the British Eiffel Tower
Some Englishmen adore the Eiffel Tower , which was erected in Paris for the 1889 World ’s Fair , so they wanted to have their own in London . In the next year they ’ve held a contest to project the Great Tower Of London .
This one obtained the First Prize ( 500 Guineas , now $ 835 ):
And this one obtained the Second Prize ( 250 Guineas , $ 417 ):
And you’re able to see all 68 designs here , in theInternet Archive .
Sydney Opera House
Theatre graphic designer Bill Constable ’s watercolour , based on Eugene Goossen ’s own visual sense for the construction .
Anatol Kagan ’s design
The moon curser - up design by Joseph Marzella
( viaButterpaper , Wikimedia Commons , CrackedandWorld Wondering )
Proposed Extensions to the White House, Washington D.C., by Robert Owen, 1891-1901
( viaNational Building Museum )
An architectural drawing for the Washington Monument, Washington D.C., by Peter Forces, 1837
( viaLibrary of Congress )
Winning competition entry for the Washington Monument by Robert Mills, 1846
Unfortunately the round , Greek - inspired temple at the base was never establish .
Proposal for the completion of the Washington Monument by Vinnie Ream Hoxie, c. 1876-1878
Construction of the 555 feet 5 1⁄8 inches ( 169.294 m ) marvelous Washington Monument was hold from 1854 to 1877 , at last completed in 1884 , and formally open up in October 1888 .
Proposed design for the United States Capitol, Washington D.C., by William Thornton, c. 1797
Tower Bridge, London
by F. J. Palmer , 1877
blueprint of another duplex apartment nosepiece by Frederick Barnett
by Sir Joseph Bazalgette , 1878
by Horace Jones
have ’s convert the good old Tower Bridge to a glass bridge circuit ! A design by W.F.C. Holden , 1943
( viaPeter Berthoud , SkyscrapercityandArchitecture Foundation )
An elephant instead of Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, by Charles Ribart, 1758
It would have served as a spring , with the water coming out of its trunk , but big balls and banquets could have been held in the giant room indoors .
( viaA Decorative Affair )
A 300-foot (91 m) tall pyramid for London’s Trafalgar Square, 1815
( viaweburbanist )
Bonus: A Doric column-like skyscraper or an arrowhead instead of the Tribune Tower in Chicago, Illinois
The Column was designed by Adolf Loos , and the arrowhead was the work of three German architects , Bruno Taut , Walter Günther and Kurz Schutz .
( viaskyscraper )
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