A stunning 360 degree infinity pool is planned for London

If you suffer from vertigo, look away now. The first 360 degree infinity pool in the world is planned in London and makes us tremble on our knees.

Swimming pool design company Compass Pools unveiled plans for Infinity London, an open-air lido on top of a 55-storey skyscraper. At 220 meters above the streets of London, enough so that a passionate member of the London team is rather passionate about the pool.

Whether you're a fan of crawl or back-back buff, you'll get a good view: if you do not watch helicopters in the sky, the bottom of the pool will be transparent and allow you to see directly the center of the building – and the people there to watch you in action.

Things get a little sci-fi too, with the entrance to the swimming pool described as follows:

Swimmers will access the pool via a spiral spiral staircase based on the door of a submarine, which rises from the bottom of the pool when someone wants to enter or exit.

We can not even imagine what that means, but it looks a lot like James Bond and we really want to do something about it.

Do not splatter yet a new pair of glasses. The top floors of the planned skyscraper will be entrusted to a luxury hotel and, you would have guessed, the pool will be available to guests.

The other trap: we do not know where it will be – or even if it will go ahead – for the moment. A statement on the Compass Pools website says:

The exact location of Infinity London has not been confirmed yet.

So, everything could be a piebutterfly in the sky, although there is a chance that the construction could start in early 2020. Fingers crossed – especially as we are still waiting for this death-defying pool to materialize.

Learn more about the plans on the Compass Pools website.