泰晤士河上的船型旅馆

　　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."

音乐厅上的船型旅馆

　　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。