Although somewhat popular as converted homes, most water towers are not the most architecturally exciting structures. Here to change that is Belgian firm V+, who has just completed a monument-like water tower for an industrial park in Belgium. Raised on angled concrete columns, the 164-foot-tall structure features a circular tank covered in metal mesh, allowing the tower to be a soaring lantern of sorts when lit up at night.
A few early conceptual sketches obtained by Dezeen show that the architects fully intended to chase the unconventional. Though the final result isn't a castle water tower, it's no doubt a new local landmark. Intrigued by unusual water towers? So was one photographer.
∙ V+'s Chateau d'Eau water tower rests on crossed concrete struts [Dezeen]
∙ Finding Alien Beauty in 'Strange and Sublime' Water Towers [Curbed]
∙ Live in this Darling Converted Water Tower for $1.18M [Curbed]