But this design for a rooftop London pool is just another high-rise ego gimmickIn 1924, Buster Keaton approached the Life magazine film critic Robert E Sherwood, to write a script set on an under-construction New York skyscraper. It came to mind today when I saw the CGI renders of Infinity Pool, a speculative-proposal-cum-clickbait-marketing-stunt from swimming pool designer Compass Pools. Starting with the Shard’s £24.95 view across London, viewing platforms have become synonymous with the boom in tower building. In this newspaper, Oliver Wainwright predicted that the Sky Pool would become a “torrent”, and Infinity Pool is the latest evidence that he may just be right. Might it be that we are in a similar situation with architectural propositions like the Infinity Pool?

Source: The Guardian June 07, 2019 16:18 UTC