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This is me learning how to “re-blog”. Love it. Housing for 100,000 in one tower. Love it. brocatus:  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.   I say go for it. It’s the future as William Gibson predicted, but in the UK. Let’s already call the building the fag? If you live in London you better live in this building, for living in its shadow will not be pleasurable!? But maybe someone who lives in a city with tall buildings can elaborate on that? (My city looks like this).

This is me learning how to “re-blog”. Love it.

Housing for 100,000 in one tower. Love it.

brocatus:

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.

I say go for it. It’s the future as William Gibson predicted, but in the UK. Let’s already call the building the fag? If you live in London you better live in this building, for living in its shadow will not be pleasurable!? But maybe someone who lives in a city with tall buildings can elaborate on that? (My city looks like this).

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  10. gregbrown reblogged this from shadowfirebird and added:
    SimCity 2000 fans might be interested...another example of an arcology, like this...
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    Seriously, stacking people into enormous buildings like this is a massively bad idea. Even sub-massive-scale buildings...
  12. dailymeh reblogged this from inky and added:
    That’s almost three times the height...the tallest building ever constructed. And
  13. inky reblogged this from deplorableword and added:
    One Million Londoners Will Live in a Single Tower...uglier if they tried.
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    This is me learning how to “re-blog”. Love it. Housing for 100,000 in one tower. Love it. brocatus:
  15. 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...
  16. deplorableword reblogged this from shadowfirebird and added:
    incredible idea, this...be HUGE checkout this street level pic
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