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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
(Excerpt) Read more at theverge.com ...
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: embassygardens; europeanunion; london; nato; skypool; unitedkingdom
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:06:33 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
What could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:08:57 AM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Genius at Large)
To: BenLurkin
with prices for apartments and penthouses in the complex starting at £602,000 ($942,572). How does this qualify as "super rich"? A million dollars for an apartment in London is nothing.
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:09:10 AM PDT
by
wagglebee
("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
To: BenLurkin
I wanted to do something that had never been done before I bet he got the idea from the Tom Cruise movie "Oblivion"
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:10:45 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Fai Mao
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:16:07 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:18:11 AM PDT
by
Regulator
To: BenLurkin
Looks like an interesting engineering exercise.
Since I’m very nearsighted, I can’t see diddly under water, so it probably would look like a traditional blue-walled pool to me, except maybe at night.
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:20:45 AM PDT
by
chrisser
(This space for rent.)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
They should build it out of transparent aluminum.
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:23:07 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: Fai Mao
Other than having to live in London, you mean?
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:25:46 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: Gaffer
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:26:13 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
I don’t cotton much to Cruise, but this was a good movie.
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:27:56 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: LS
I mean that right angles and square corners develop stress fractures that even if they are small can lead to catastrophic failure. This is especially true when you add the unpredictable wind load
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:30:28 AM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Genius at Large)
To: Fai Mao
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:30:52 AM PDT
by
jmcenanly
("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
To: Fai Mao
To quote Monty Python, “Oh, that goes without saying.”
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:32:47 AM PDT
by
LS
("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
To: Gaffer
I dug that house, and I really dug Andrea Riseborough.
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:33:00 AM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Gaffer
I dont cotton much to Cruise, but this was a good movie. I really enjoy TC flicks. He was excellent as Jack Reacher and I really enjoy the MI series. The only film that I did not really care for was Vanilla Sky.
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:33:41 AM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:35:00 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Dear Jeb Bush..... Trump upped his game. Up yours!.... Love, Laz.)
To: MrB
Sharknado! Rubio/Coulter 2016!
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posted on
08/21/2015 6:35:53 AM PDT
by
papertyger
(When the left wins, they're in power; when the right wins, they're in office)
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