Rejoice in the fact that we’ve managed to find yet another interesting piece of architectural goodness that’s not destined for Dubai. From the land of soccer riots and tea time, comes the re-designed Mersey Observatory, which will soon look like a 50-meter-high alien vase. The shores of Liverpool will soon be lit by the Observatory, which glows in the dark thanks to a photoluminescent material that works by absorbing light during the daytime. The contest-winning design for the Observatory uses natural energy sources, including wind, surf, and sun. Creators Mary Duggan and Joe Morris believe the site can be completely carbon-neutral, which we’re big fans of. Get it? I made a pun you fool.
By the looks of the rendering, the observation deck seems really far away from the main vase-shaped building. This is due to the fact that Duggan and Morris see their design as a sort of real life table top in a still life painting. When you consider this piece of the puzzle, the building starts to resemble a fruit basket or odd shaped “bowl”, which is actually what they’ve named this facility. The observation tower is called “the lamp”, which is feasible the duo plucked it from an Ikea catalog. Be that as it may, how I’m not sure what you would liken the air turbines to, as they really don’t have a tabletop equivalent.