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London's Digital Cloud is An Architectural Masterpiece

euinfrastructure.com — A unique, high-rise structure called The Cloud is being proposed as the centre piece for the Olympic Village during the London 2012 Games.

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  • dromni, on 11/11/2009, -2/+12It looks ugly, useless and dysfunctional.
  • PlatnumPlatypus, on 11/11/2009, -0/+4In terms of innovation, the cloud is incredible.

    In terms of practicality, the thing is an eye-sore.

    The coolest part of that cloud is inside. They should just make the whole thing inside...
  • bringitontimx, on 11/11/2009, -2/+6Digital Cloud. Well that was a misleading title.
  • Rudymoman, on 11/11/2009, -1/+5Can't wait till 2012 Olympics there.
  • Ziriux, on 11/11/2009, -1/+5A master piece indeed.
  • shamos, on 11/11/2009, -0/+3my god that looks awful..
  • swantamer, on 11/12/2009, -0/+3100% fail.
  • spiderman0505, on 11/11/2009, -1/+4Looks a lot like the harvesters from the Matrix
  • Laminarcissus, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3I'm not sure all Londoners have a particularly good association with spotlights pointing into the night sky.
  • titoelgato, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3Howard Roark would be proud.
  • mwtapp, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3I wouldn't want to see the thunderstorm that cloud could create.
  • habfan29, on 11/11/2009, -2/+4Holy ***** that is ugly!
  • Julie188, on 11/11/2009, -1/+3The Olympics goes digital, and goes cloud computing and goes "Matrix" ... what more could you ask for? (Well maybe fantastic coverage on TV).
  • bookon, on 11/12/2009, -0/+2I live 2 hours from Montreal... Don't tell ME about ugly, useless and dysfunctional Olympic buildings..
  • AlienMushroom, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2A master piece of junk.
  • inactive, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2I don't like it - and I usually like the weird and modern
  • Rodik, on 11/11/2009, -0/+2Perfect for the olympics!
  • dumptaker, on 11/11/2009, -1/+2"The people's energy coupled with solar energy collected through on-site and off-site photovoltaic cells and various energy saving strategies will allow us to reach carbon neutrality, whereby the Cloud produces all the energy it uses."

    How about all the energy wasted in manufacturing and construction?
  • momzilla54, on 11/11/2009, -1/+2FTA "if the structure is completely dependant on the public, then it will be of crucial importance to convince the country that the structure is not another Millennium Dome."

    For sure.
  • ohreilly, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1The UK government cares for none of that.

    They are far more interested in creating a market out of nothingness - we're all apparently going to get a carbon account and can sell our unused carbon credits to other people. What a load of rubbish.

    I wish the government I am paying for would get on with, you know, fixing the economy they broke. Roll on the next election.
  • kinseyincanada, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1well thats going to cost a ***** load to make.
  • palmer, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Cool idea, but it doesn't look like that bicycle plan has been thought through. From the illustration, the path area is way too small to allow four lanes of traffic; pedestrians and bikers in two directions.
  • cleeeeeeeeeetus, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1Maybe I'm the only one... but I really think the exterior looks cool. If you watch the video at the bottom of the article, the way the clouds can display video, pixel by pixel, is pretty sweet.
  • dillonflynn, on 11/11/2009, -0/+1The world's largest bubble pipes.
  • Rockkybox, on 11/12/2009, -0/+1Won't it be ridiculously difficult trying to project onto hundreds of spheres without distortion?
  • FlyingSquidwolf, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1It's gonna be a bit *****
  • jackirock, on 11/11/2009, -2/+2wow!!
  • prakash1234, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1i thought UK was bankrupt and now running the global warming racket
  • Turkman182, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1That's hilarious. I was thinking the same thing. Too funny.
  • ricker2005, on 11/11/2009, -0/+0We probably should wait for it to be built before we go calling in an architectural masterpiece. For now, it's just a proposal.
  • vibr8, on 11/11/2009, -0/+0What an ill conceived, naive idea - a classic case of 'too many cooks'.

    Did they learn nothing from the Dome?
  • noizeuk, on 11/11/2009, -1/+1Won't happen. We can't build a national stadium within budget or within the time deadlines so this is gonna be a load of *****. Also it will get caught up in paper work and be built to a half arsed standard what with all the polish gone now...
  • itc518, on 11/11/2009, -2/+1That definitely looks awesome, would love to get to see it.

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