Glass ‘sky pool’ to connect tower blocks

The Embassy Gardens development in Nine Elms is set to get just such a chlorinated bauble, according to a report in the Standard’s Homes & Property supplement.

Entirely transparent, it measures 90 feet long by 19 feet wide and is almost 10 feet deep, with a water depth of about four feet.

Surrounding the pool – which was the vision of Ballymore CEO Sean Mulryan – on each side will be a “skydeck” where residents will be able to enjoy a spa, summer bar and Orangery.

The enormous development – which promises 18,000 new homes, as well as new schools, leisure parks, retail parks and the new American Embassy – already promises to transform the urban backwaters of Battersea into a sought after postcode, and secure a future for the iconic Battersea Power Station. It is designed by Arup Associates, with specialist input from aquarium designers Reynolds.

Towering far above the street balanced between two residential buildings in Nine Elms in London like a precarious nest, the sky pool isn’t for everyone. Next month, the group will unveil Legacy Buildings, the second phase of the scheme.

The 25-metre-long pool will link two blocks of apartments that form part of the 2,000-home Embassy Gardens development by London architects HAL, now in its second stage.

‘At Ballymore we like to push the boundaries on all aspects of design, the Sky Pool’s transparent structure is the result of significant advancements in technologies over the last decade.

Using eight-inch-thick glass, the so-called “sky pool” appears to float in the air and resembles a giant aquarium.