Glass Pool to be Constructed 10 Storeys Above London Building

A floating pool made of glass is planned to be constructed between apartment blocks in Nine Elms quarter, London. The area is nearby Battersea Power Station. The pool will be suspended ten storeys above London.

The pool is a part of the 2,000-home Embassy Gardens developed by London architects HAL. The pool will be 27 meters long and will join two apartment blocks. It will be three meters deep and five meters wide, with water up to 4 feet deep.

The floating pool is called as such because it is designed to give swimmers the sensation of floating. It will enable residents of the buildings to swim back and forth the two buildings and enjoy the views underneath them through the transparent thick glass pool walls and floor.

The pool is planned to look like an aquarium with the help of aquarium designers Reynolds and architecture company Arup Associates and specialist advice from Eckersley O'Callaghan.

The residential apartments will also come with a spa, orangery and a rooftop bar. Ballymore Group, the developer of the residential blocks, considers the pool design as the first in its kind. There will also be another bridge that serves as another way for the guests and residents to walk between the blocks.

Sean Mulryan, Ballymore Group chairman and CEO, says that he wanted to create something that was never done by anyone else. He wanted to push his engineering and constructing abilities. He added that the transparent build of the pool stems from technological advancement in the more recent years. He considers the experience with the pool as unique.

Construction of the apartment blocks will start this summer and first completion will be expected in 2017. The first apartments are expected to be occupied by 2018. However, the new apartments are rather expensive - smallest are priced at almost $1 million.