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London's sky pool will let the super-rich swim through the air
The Verge ^

Posted on 08/21/2015 6:06:33 AM PDT by BenLurkin

Developers in London are building what they claim is the world's first "sky pool" — a 25-meter-long swimming pool suspended 10 stories in the air between two blocks of luxury flats. The transparent pool at Embassy Gardens will be three meters deep with a water depth of 1.2 meters, and will be constructed with the help of aquarium designers using 20-cm-thick glass. The pool will allow residents to swim between the development's roof-top bar, spa, and orangery (a walkway will be available as well), with prices for apartments and penthouses in the complex starting at £602,000 ($942,572).

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"It will feel like floating through the air in central London."

"My vision for the sky pool stemmed from a desire to push the boundaries in the capability of construction and engineering. I wanted to do something that had never been done before," said Sean Mulryan

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TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: embassygardens; europeanunion; london; nato; skypool; unitedkingdom
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To: BenLurkin

Thanks.


41 posted on 08/21/2015 8:15:42 AM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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To: BenLurkin

No! Never! Gives me the willies just thinking about it! Of course, since I’m anything but rich, I’ve no opportunity.


42 posted on 08/21/2015 8:29:43 AM PDT by JimSEA
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Makes me crap my trunks just thinking about it. Thanks BenLurkin.

43 posted on 08/21/2015 9:23:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Moltke

Party pool.

Just wait until 100 people are in there jumping up and down in time to the music.


44 posted on 08/21/2015 9:54:21 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yeah, and the Daily Mail will be there to take the pics. LOL

Seriously though, a 4 ft pool is just a waste of space. OTOH, the guy got his name in the tabloids, so there’s that.


45 posted on 08/21/2015 12:27:19 PM PDT by Moltke
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To: BenLurkin

Why are brits so hooked on oranges? Seems like a status marker.

Was in UK and they had orange coke.


46 posted on 08/22/2015 8:02:03 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan ('Zionists crept into my home and stole my shoe' - Headline)
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I’d guess for the same reason that they seem to prefer bright, almost gaudy paint colors on cars, the gray weather.


47 posted on 08/22/2015 8:06:46 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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