One Million Londoners Will Live in a Single Tower

[beorhthelm]

I can't work out if it's a real idea or an early April Fool joke.

i think you're probably right, got released a week too early. its got a certain "nice idea if you can get it to work" quality about it.

 

[Gully]

Fire station on the 419th floor, that is practical isn't it, how bloody long would the pole have to be?

 

[Curious Orange]

Anyone ever read "High Rise" by J.G.Ballard?

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

never pass any form of planning permission

 

[crasher]

Anyone ever read "High Rise" by J.G.Ballard?

Just what I was thinking. Or the brilliant Block Wars episodes in Judge Dredd.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I'm intrigued by the notion of "Bracknell Density".

Does this mean I get a say in designing it? If so, I will insist on lots of space for ... stuff. People can't live without it.

 

[clapham_gull]

The idea seems to have a number of holes in it.

 

[GNF on Tour]

I love it, build it on Clapham Common.

 

[clapham_gull]

I love it, build it on Clapham Common.

I guess it means more bushes to hide in.

 

[7:18]

had me until the last picture, looks incredibly too tall

 

[7:18]

wouldn't be built in time anyway!