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Proposed building would hold one million Londoners
Apparently, by 2015 London will need to provide housing for a million more people. That's no easy task, but as we told you a few weeks ago, the UK company of Popularchitecture is proposing a completely insane 5,000-foot-high tower that'll be able to house all million people in one go, and we recently snagged some more shots of it.
Just look at this thing! It's so big it'd require its own system of government, with the building split up into neighborhoods, villages, and super-districts that would have their own representatives. It would be full of all the stuff that's in a normal city, like malls, parks, public services, and the like. That is, if it was actually going to be built, which is clearly isn't. But hey, cool photoshop!
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By Caukin at 2:52 PM ON 03/25/08
I would live in this in a heartbeat. Well not the top if it...thats just insane...build it!
By koshinyfish@gmail.com at 4:28 PM ON 03/25/08
Oh man, I would totally live at the top. Imagine how much you could see. I definitely think that they should make this.
By Dinj at 4:54 PM ON 03/25/08
By 2015? Thats an impossible goal...it would take that long to do all the pre-build work for this thing! Think of how long it takes to build those huge skyscrapers we already have...this thing is massive compared to those, and would take much long, especially if they put in things like gardens, mass transportation systems and the like. But it will never happen anyways.
But as a side note, if it did happen, I would sooo live there, except London is kind of dreary. Top floor would have such a nice view....
*I can see for miles and miles, I can see for miles and miles and miles...*
By Guntis at 5:55 PM ON 03/25/08
Somehow looking at this picture 9/11 comes back to my mind... I think it's just insane to place so many people togather. If something happens... Potential Mega-Mass-Grave...
By TheAdlerian at 6:43 PM ON 03/25/08
I agree about 911.
There won't be a project like this for another hundred or more years. The event needs to be completely out of the collective mind.
By mikebellman at 10:28 PM ON 03/25/08
So many spots for base jumping, and flying your plane THROUGH the thing..
By taurus at 4:49 AM ON 03/26/08
terrorist attack anyone
By mathews at 6:39 AM ON 03/26/08
All that appears to be missing is a diving board and deep pool at the bottom.
/Yes I know this will thin out the population slightly
//But if you're dumb enough to jump...
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