The imaginary skyscraper stands 240 storeys above Hong Kong, delicately cradling a sphere at the top, from which the structure's name – The Pearl – was born. Weighing one million tons, it would reach a staggering 3,497 feet, thus categorising it as megatall tower – a step above your average skyscraper. Features detailed in the design are equally as intricate, describing pressurised safe rooms with reinforced fireproof concrete and an array of elements to protect against natural disasters, including gale force winds and earthquakes.

Mind-blowing architecture that shouldn't work but does