Just Keep Swimming? Brighten Up Your Lobby with an Aquarium

Nov. 10, 2015 — Everyone likes watching fish, right? They can be elegant and exotic, and quite beautiful too. The Real Deal reports that custom-made aquariums are turning up more and more as fixtures in the homes of the well-to-do in South Florida. While we haven’t heard of any such sightings in New York, the story gave us an idea. Why not add an aquarium to your lobby? In the fight for curb appeal, it could certainly make your building stand out from the pack. The prices range from about $5,000 for a 10-gallon tank to $1 million and more for a tank holding 5,000 gallons of water. And you can get even more elaborate in your lobby redesign. For $40,000, London-based Aquarium Architecture will sell you a 1,057-gallon garden equipped with LED lighting that actually simulates sunrise and sunset, which is said to decrease stress for certain types of fish. No report on what it does to humans or resale value.