Architecture firm Stride Treglown has installed a sculpture of a bright red "sinking house" in Bath's Pulteney Weir to draw attention to climate change.
Stride Treglown collaborated with engineering designers Format Engineers to create the sculpture, which is called Sinking House, ahead of the COP26 climate conference.
A human-like figure is positioned on the house's roof
Sinking House is a 5.5-metre by 3.5-metre bright red timber sculpture designed in a universally recognisable shape that takes cues from classic Monopoly houses.
The house is located in Pulteney Weir, a low dam in front of Pulteney Bridge on the River Avon in Bath, where passersby can experience it from the ground above.
The sculpture takes cues from Monopoly houses Positioned at an angle so that the sculpture looks as if it is sinking beneath the water's surface, the house includes a human-like figure sitting on its chimney, holding onto a rope and banner attached to the bridge that reads "COP26."
The installation intends to represent the idea that COP26 ? the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference ? offers the world a lifeline for world leaders to act in order to address climate change.
Sinking House sits in Pulteney Weir
"The project was inspired by Greta Thunberg?s 'Our house is on fire' speech at the 2019 World Economic Forum," Stride Treglown head of sustainability Rob Delius told Dezeen.
"We wanted to use that reference to highlight how 'our house' is in grea...