“Silence” in London by Tadao Ando

This water feature with clouds of mist in London was designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando.

The trees sit in a raised granite-edged pool in front of the Connaught Hotel in Mayfair. Atomisers hidden at the base of the trees create clouds of water vapour for fifteen seconds every fifteen minutes. Glass lenses below the surface of the water contain fibre optics that illuminate the basin by night. The feature, which forms part of a wider project to upgrade the surrounding streets, was delivered in collaboration with UK architects Blair Associates.

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