thedeplorableword by Tom Martin
shadowfirebird: One Million Londoners Will Live in a Single Tower | Mega Structure ‘London has to provide housing for a million more people by 2016, taking into account new arrivals, plus old-timers who need an upgrade. Since space is limited, UK company Popularchitecture is proposing a 5,000-foot high tower that would house pretty much everybody all in one shot—and reduce four city neighborhoods to a single cylindrical building.’ Via The New Shelton Wet/Dry. What an incredible idea, this tower would be HUGE checkout this street level pic to see it in context.

shadowfirebird:

One Million Londoners Will Live in a Single Tower | Mega Structure

‘London has to provide housing for a million more people by 2016, taking into account new arrivals, plus old-timers who need an upgrade. Since space is limited, UK company Popularchitecture is proposing a 5,000-foot high tower that would house pretty much everybody all in one shot—and reduce four city neighborhoods to a single cylindrical building.’

Via The New Shelton Wet/Dry.

What an incredible idea, this tower would be HUGE checkout this street level pic to see it in context.

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    SimCity 2000 fans might be interested...another example of an arcology, like this one:...
  14. benkraal reblogged this from inky and added:
    Seriously, stacking people into enormous buildings like this is a massively bad idea. Even sub-massive-scale buildings...
  15. dailymeh reblogged this from inky and added:
    That’s almost three times the height...the tallest building ever constructed. And
  16. inky reblogged this from deplorableword and added:
    One Million Londoners Will Live in a Single Tower...uglier if they tried.
  17. tazspork reblogged this from brocatus and added:
    This is me learning how to “re-blog”. Love it. Housing for 100,000 in one tower. Love it. brocatus:
  18. brocatus reblogged this from shadowfirebird and added:
    I say go for it. It’s the future as William Gibson predicted, but...the UK. Let’s already...
  19. deplorableword reblogged this from shadowfirebird and added:
    incredible idea, this...be HUGE checkout this street level pic
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