Most people enjoy a good splash about in the pool now and again, although this particular pool in London is not for the faint-hearted.

It’s been dubbed the ‘sky-pool’ and, when completed, will be a 10-storey high glass pool suspended between neighbouring apartment blocks. Because, you know, swimming in your local council pool really isn’t for everyone. Some of the specs below taken from Mashable:

The pool will be 25 metres by 5 metres (and 3 metres deep), and the glass protecting swimmers will be a gulp-inducing 20 cm (7.9 inches) thick (just a bit thicker than those tiny rulers everyone had in junior school, in other words).

The world-first feature will act as a sort of bridge linking two apartment buildings in the Embassy Gardens development, allowing residents to casually doggy paddle across to visit their neighbours. Two thousand homes will have access to the pool.

As with most things there has been a mixed reaction online.  Take these two tweets for example:

The man behind the idea, Ballymore Group CEO Sean Mulryan, explains the concept as follows:

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…

The Sky Pool’s transparent structure is the result of significant advancements in technologies over the last decade. The experience of the pool will be truly unique; it will feel like floating through the air in central London.

Property in the two apartment blocks will once again go on sale in September, the starting price a hefty £602,000 (R12,2 million). I guess it’s not for everyone then, more specifically those who don’t have a few million to throw around.

[source:mashable]