泰晤士河上的船型旅館

Visitors to London's South Bank could soon be left feeling all at sea, for a bizarre new hotel - shaped like a boat - is to be placed on top of the Queen Elizabeth Concert hall peering out over the River Thames。

The nautical building, due to be hoisted into position in December, will be equipped with a mast and look-out station。

The designers of the building, called A Room for London are architect David Kohn and Artist Fiona Banner who said they set out to create something "playful, beguiling and thought-provoking."

音樂廳上的船型旅館

The hotel, which is expected to be massively popular during next year's Olympic Games, will have panoramic windows and an upper viewing deck affording some of the most spectacular views of the capital。

Inside it will be fitted-out using real timber and the designers promise it will be full of "nooks and crannies" for guests to explore

The design was chosen from 500 entries in a competition set up by cultural organizations Living Architecture, and Artangel。

A spokesman for the architects said:"The idea evolved from narratives of travel and literary allusion, in particular Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness"。

To compliment the literary theme there will be a well stocked library containing books about London by authors such as William Thackery, Henry Mayhew and Iain Sinclair。

Tickets for night stays during the first half of 2012 will be available from next month and tickets for the rest of the year, covering the Olympics, will go on sale in January。據英國《每日郵報》8月21日報道，不久，參觀倫敦南岸公園的遊客可能就會對眼前的景象迷惑不解，因爲一家新的奇異船型旅館將會立於伊麗莎白女王音樂廳之上，鳥瞰泰晤士河。

預計這個裝有桅杆和瞭望臺的海上建築物將於12月被架上音樂廳屋頂。

這個名爲“倫敦之屋”的建築物是由建築師大衛•科恩和藝術家菲奧娜•班納共同設計的。他們的初衷便是創造出“充滿樂趣、令人陶醉、引人深思”的東西。

這家旅館有望在明年奧運會上大受歡迎，全景窗戶和高處的觀景臺將把倫敦最爲壯觀的一些景色展現(在旅客眼前)。

旅館內部將以實木作爲裝飾材料，設計者們承諾，這裏到處都是“角落和縫隙”，客人們可(自由)探索。

共有500份作品參與了文化機構“人居建築”和“藝術天使”主辦的比賽，而該設計則從中脫穎而出。

建築師發言人說：“這個創意取自旅行故事和文學典故，尤其是約瑟夫•康拉德的小說——《黑暗之心》。”

爲了迎合這一文學主題，旅館內將存放大量涉及倫敦的書籍，其中包括威廉•薩克雷、亨利•梅休和伊恩•辛克萊爾等作家(的文學作品)。

2012年上半年的旅館夜宿門票將會在下個月開始發售，而下半年，包括奧運會期間的門票，將於明年1月份開始出售。