Bored Panda works better on our iPhone app
Continue in app Continue in browser

BoredPanda Add post form topAdd Post Search
Tooltip close

The Bored Panda iOS app is live! Fight boredom with iPhones and iPads here.

This Building In London Floats Unbelievably In Mid-Air
User submission
742
31K

This Building In London Floats Unbelievably In Mid-Air

ADVERTISEMENT

Somewhere in London, a 40-foot-long building has ripped itself free from its stone base and lifted itself up to levitate over 10 feet in the air! The architectural feat, located in London’s Covent Garden’s East Piazza, is actually an elaborate illusion staged by artist and designer Alex Chinneck.

He took inspiration for his illusion, dubbed “Take My Lightning But Don’t Steal My Thunder,” from the rich heritage of the Market Building, modelling the look and feel of the illusionary extension on the original 184-year-old Market Building. The structure was crafted entirely out of CNC-cut lightweight polystyrene blocks that were made to mimic the look of stone, and then assembled like a jigsaw puzzle

Chinneck is no stranger to playful architectural illusions. He has a history of turning houses upside down and sliding lazy walls down the sides of massive buildings. He even inverted a 1.5-tonne rotating thatched roof once, balancing it perilously on the tip of a wind vane.

More info: coventgardenlondonuk.com (h/t: designboom)

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

31Kviews

Share on Facebook
You May Like
Popular on Bored Panda
Share your thoughts
Popular on Bored Panda
Trending on Bored Panda
Also on Bored Panda