A French man spent eight years building his dream of being a world record holder stick by stick, only to have judges disqualify him for using the wrong materials for the tallest matchstick sculpture ...

A French man reached for the sky trying to build the tallest matchstick sculpture, but world record officials may have caused his dream to shatter to pieces. Richard Plaud said he spent eight years ...

The Guinness Book of World Records awarded the man who built a nearly 24-foot Eiffel Tower out of hundreds of thousands of matchsticks with a world record weeks after he was disqualified. Guinness on ...

LEGO wants fans to bring the architecture of France home with their newest LEGO Ideas set. Forget the plane tickets; the Eiffel Tower comes home with this massive 10,001-piece construction set. When ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Eiffel Tower was intended to stand for only 20 years past its ...

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. A Frenchman spent eight years building a giant matchstick model of the Eiffel Tower, and he may have used the wrong matchsticks to set a world record. Richard Plaud ...

Richard Plaud, a Frenchman who has dreamed of building the world's tallest matchstick sculpture, made headlines this week when Guinness World Records rejected his huge model of the Eiffel Tower, ...

A model of the Eiffel Tower has been officially deemed the world's tallest matchstick building a day after being ruled out by Guinness World Records (GWR). The 7.19m (23ft) tower had been disqualified ...

LONDON — It took nearly a decade for a man in France to build the Eiffel Tower, who used hundreds of thousands of matchsticks to build the Paris landmark. However, the Guinness Book of World Records ...

A Frenchman spent eight years building the giant model, but officials at the Guinness World Records says he didn't use "commercially available" matches. Guinness tells NBC News it may reconsider. Good ...