On April Fools Day, five of the best architecture and design pranks from the Dezeen archive
Did you spot our April Fool story earlier today" Here's a roundup of other spoof stories we've run over the years, including bread-shaped skyscrapers and a hotel on the moon.
The first day of April is traditionally a day for playing practical jokes, and people who fall for them are called April Fools. But its not just April 1 when prank stories can make the news...
Private Crossrail station planned underneath Adjaye-designed London house
On April Fools Day two years ago we teamed up with photographer Ed Reeve to falsely claim he was about to get a private tube station beneath his David Adjaye-designed house.
Many readers were taken in, with one commenting: "I told everyone in my office about this and why it would never work... Now I feel slightly silly." Find out more ?
Richard Branson launches plane-shaped skyscraper and moon hotel
On 1 April 2014, Richard Branson unveiled a range of unlikely looking architectural projects, including a hotel on the moon that looked suspiciously like the cover artwork of Mike Oldfield's 1973 Tubular Bells album ? the record that launched Branson's Virgin label.
Find out more ?
Bread-shaped skyscrapers planned for London
The same day, we unveiled sensational plans for two London skyscrapers in the shape of slices of bread. Located either side of the Gherkin, they would create a new ensemble known as "the ploughman's lunch".
Unsurprisingly most readers saw through this one. "I hope people don't think this...
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