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Behold, proposed apartment tower / water feature from the drawing boards (actually, the CAD studios) of China. Further proof that whatever might be done , will be done, no matter how fucking stupid. The list of things that might go wrong with this scheme is too long to trouble you with, but just start with the mold question. Imagine, too, the racket this will create for those living on the first four floors. Then move on to the structural issues…. Thanks to Andrew Pate for nominating this humdinger.


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12 Responses to “August 2018”

  1. Paul S August 2, 2018 at 12:08 pm #

    Might be useful in a fire.

  2. shabbaranks August 2, 2018 at 1:41 pm #

    Imagine the amount of mist generated by the water feature. It would end up all over the roof, the street below and the adjacent buildings.

  3. rhys12 August 2, 2018 at 7:46 pm #

    Think of the size pumps necessary and the energy consumed. Better build a new coal-fired power plant to run it!

  4. bymitch August 5, 2018 at 3:37 am #

    too late,
    someone put that concept out there already:
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/abelgrc/38104467705/in/pool-brusselblogt/

  5. AKlein August 5, 2018 at 6:58 am #

    Another “solution” in search of a problem. Why not a building upside down and a water feature too? Feel free to add “features” as they come to mind.

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  6. Peter VE August 6, 2018 at 1:58 pm #

    It reminds me of the “Waterfalls” “art” installation in NYC about 10 years ago. A vast amount of money and energy spent to no public purpose.

  7. mow August 7, 2018 at 10:39 am #

    This is the ultimate waterboarding experience.

  8. bymitch August 7, 2018 at 4:35 pm #

    Frank Lloyd Wright handled it much more elegantly

  9. JCalvertNUK August 17, 2018 at 6:13 pm #

    Legionella epidemic guaranteed.

  10. jayrome August 20, 2018 at 9:23 am #

    CAD Studios look good on the flat screen because it doesn’t need to consider wind and weather as a huge factor. Consign this fantasy to key the delete.

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  11. zolaris September 10, 2018 at 2:47 pm #

    First order of business: send the architect plummeting over the falls in a barrel.