"The strongest man is never strong enough to be always master unless he transforms his power into right and obedience into duty"

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract; 1762

Arche de la Defense, architect: Johann Otto von Spreckelsen 1982

Arc de Triomphe, architect: Jean Chalgrin 1806

Axe Historique, Paris, runs from Le Louvre through L'Arc de Triomphe, terminating at the L'Arche de la Defense

L'Arche de la Defense is turned at an angle of 6.33 degrees on its axis. Spreckelsen insists that was to emphasise the arch's depth when viewed along the important Parisian axis. However, it's been suggested that the real reason was to accommodate underground subway lines and a freeway which all run beneath at a similar angle...

Looking west towards L'Arche de la Defense from above L'Arc de Triomphe":

Albert Speer, well known for his misguided political leanings and poor taste in friends, is arguably history’s most famous megalomaniac architect. His use of size, scaling and space to promote Hitler’s vision provides a useful example of power architecture: