World first transparent sky pool between skyscrapers opens in London
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Date: 2021-06-02

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World first transparent sky pool between skyscrapers opens in London
Twitter users have branded a luxury swimming pool 115ft above the ground a 'nightmare' and described how dizzying aerial photos of it has made them feel sick.
The 25m transparent pool sits on the 10th floor between two blocks of flats in Nine Elms, Vauxhall in south-west London, just down the road from the US Embassy.
Boasting astonishing views of the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament, the pool above the Embassy Gardens flats has been hailed as the most exclusive venue to take a dip in Britain. 
But people on social media are squeamish at the prospect of going swimming more than 100ft in the air, with Twitter users calling the pool a 'recipe for disaster' and 'a nightmare'.
'Not swimming out over that glass death pool nope nope nope', one person tweeted, while another said: 'I love heights but some things just aren't worth it. I'll stick to in-ground pools'. Others posted funny GIFs of actor Danny DeVito shaking his head and saying 'no'. 
The first of its kind and entirely transparent, only residents and guests of the Embassy Gardens flats it sits atop are allowed access to the 25m-long, 5m-wide and 3m-deep infinity pool.  
But shared ownership tenants in the housing development are not allowed to use the facilities, according to reports. 
A two-bedroom apartment in Embassy costs more than £1 million, according to reports, while the penthouse suite will set buyers back £5million. But there are also homes in the development where prices start from £600,000. 
The world's first floating sky pool opened in London on May 19 and swimmers were seen taking a dip in the vertigo-inducing pool on Bank Holiday Monday, the hottest day of the year so far. 

One picture taken from above by photographer Jason Hawkes using a drone shows people lounging on the deck chairs near the pool sides as they basked in sunshine.
Plans for a floating pool, known as the Sky Pool, were first drawn up in 2013 by designers penning ideas for the Embassy Gardens' Legacy Buildings development.
The pool is the highlight of the development by EcoWorld Ballymore, which includes 2,000 luxury homes apartments, a retail space, office space, bars, restaurants and landscaped gardens. 
The buildings sit next to the billion-dollar US Embassy building. 
A floating pool was decided on for the new flats as it was the only place architects could find space to work a swimming pool into their building plans.   
The 82ft acrylic pool was developed in Colorado, and was put through 'extensive strength testing' before being shipped to the UK - a journey that took three weeks. 
The giant heated tub, which holds 375 tonnes of water, has been developed using special technology that allows it to move in high winds.
The pool structure can deal with these movements by not being rigidly connected at both ends as it can slide while maintaining water-tight integrity. 
The acrylic structure is held up by an invisible steel frame and is fully transparent despite the base of the 10ft deep pool being nearly 12-inches thick.