In the race for building the most impressive things to put in their skylines (Dubai is just throwing their money happily into that, while China is doing weird shapes to their new buildings), South Korea has come up with a new gimmick: an invisible skyscraper.

It sounds ambitious, and definitely sounds like something one would rather find in a comic book, but the South Korean government has recently flashed a go-signal for the construction of the building. It is designed by GDS Architects, a US-based architectural firm, and will be expected to stand at 1, 476 feet, and while it will only be the sixth tallest building in the world it will have the third highest viewing deck on the planet. However, height does not seem to matter in this equation, as it will be an invisible building.

How will it be possible?

The invisibility will merely be an act of camouflage. Cameras will be installed in all three sides of the building, to detect and capture images of its surroundings in real time. The sections will then be filled by 500 rows of LED screens that will project each and every image, even as they are updated by the second. Using digital processing, the images will be properly scaled, flipped, rotated, until a seamless, panoramic view is produced, subsequently appearing on the rows of LED screens. The scene behind the building will be projected, in captured images, by the front of the building, giving the illusion of invisibility.

Designers have said that they were not aiming for the tallest building to symbolize prominence for their country. The invisible building does that for them instead, showcasing the innovations of Korean technology.

Named Tower Infinity, it will be built at a site near the Incheon International Airport. The question at the back of people's minds is that of a slight possibility: of incoming and outgoing planes slamming into a tower that, for all intents and purposes, is invisible.