This $12 million, 360-degree infinity pool will sit atop a 55-story building in London. (via CNBCMakeIt)
The pool will also have a see-through bottom.The pool will be part of a new luxury hotel, Infinity London, also slated to open by 2020, Alex Kemsley, the technical director and designer of the pool, tells"We are expecting the pool itself to cost in excess of 10 million pounds," he says, which is $12.7 million.
The pool's transparent floor, which will allow visitors to see people swimming and sky above, will be made from cast acrylic "so that the pool willperfectly clear, " according to Compass Pools. Acrylic "transmits light at a similar wavelength to water," causing the effect, says the company. The mechanism to enter the pool is based on the door of a submarine, and it has a "rotating spiral staircase which rises from the pool floor when someone wants to get in or out — the absolute cutting edge of swimming pool and building design and a little bit James Bond to boot!" Kemsley said in a statement.
"Normally a simple ladder would suffice, but we didn't want stairs on the outside of the building or in the pool as it would spoil the view," he said. A built-in "anemometer" that monitors wind speed will used to prevent water from blowing down to the street, according to the website, and the pool's heating system will use waste energy from the building's air conditioning system.Though Infinity London's is set to the only 360-degree infinity pool on a rooftop, it won't be the only high-sky pool you can visit. Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore has a rooftop infinity poolthe 57th floor of the hotel .
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