{"id":15522,"date":"2014-10-15T11:18:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-15T10:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=15522"},"modified":"2014-10-15T11:20:13","modified_gmt":"2014-10-15T10:20:13","slug":"in-photos-the-amazing-floating-piazza-at-covent-garden-as-created-by-alex-chinneck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-the-amazing-floating-piazza-at-covent-garden-as-created-by-alex-chinneck\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: the amazing floating piazza at Covent Garden, as created by Alex Chinneck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-01.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Currently turning heads in Covent Garden is this remarkable structure by the artist and designer Alex Chinneck.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-02.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His work entitled, &#8216;Take My Lightning But Don\u2019t Steal My Thunder\u2019 is on display at London\u2019s Covent Garden until October 24th, and cunningly creates the illusion of a broken building floating\u00a0in mid air.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-03.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Visitors can touch the bottom half of the building which appears to be solidly made of concrete.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-04.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chinneck also recently created the rather wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/the-amazing-upside-down-house-in-blackfriars-road-london\/\">upside down house in Blackfriards Road, London<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-05.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-06.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-07.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-08.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-09.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-10.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-11.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-12.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-13.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-14.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-15.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-16.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-17.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-18.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-19.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-20.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-21.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-22.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-23.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-24.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/covent-garden-floating-chinneck-25.jpg\" alt=\"Covent Garden floating building illusion created by Alex Chinneck, London, October 2014\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>So how was it done?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Look away if you don&#8217;t want to lose the magic, but the\u00a0illusion is created by the top half of the building\u00a0being made from polystyrene, with the structure held in place by a\u00a0six-ton steel counter-weight inside a fake market stall.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GFWEl7IA8TQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/the-amazing-floating-piazza-at-covent-garden.328300\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discuss this on the urban75 forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently turning heads in Covent Garden is this remarkable structure by the artist and designer Alex 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