Imagine swimming between two apartment blocks, 10 storeys up from the ground. Well, it soon will be a reality in London, after a developer has gotten permission to build the city’s first glass-bottom “Sky Pool”.
Illustration: Ballymore Group
The 82-foot (25 meter) swimming pool is part of a new development near the former Battersea power station. The property developer Ballymore Group says the pool will be the first of its kind in the world.
Illustration: Ballymore Group
Swimmers will be able to look down 115 feet (35 m) to the ground below, separated by 20 cm of glass.
Illustration: Ballymore Group
“The experience of the pool will be truly unique; it will feel like floating through the air in central London,” according to Sean Mulryan, CEO of Ballymore Group.
Residents of the two buildings at the Embassy Gardens will be able to swim between the two. The rooftop sky pool will also have a deck, spa and summer bar. The luxury apartments will cost upwards of £602,000.
Illustration: Ballymore Group
Mulryan said in the company’s announcement: “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.”
Illustration: Ballymore Group
Swimming pools, and where they are located, are increasingly being used as selling points for developers of luxury buildings. This one, is certainly eye-catching! Would you dare to swim in it?
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