Pchan 5,162 Report post Posted June 25, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7472722.stm The world's first moving building, a 80-storey tower with revolving floors giving an shifting shape, will be built in Dubai, its architect says. The Dynamic Tower design is made up of 80 pre-fabricated apartments which will spin independently of one another. "It's the first building that rotates, moves, and changes shape," said architect David Fisher, who is Italian, at a news conference in New York. "This building never looks the same, not once in a lifetime," he added. The 420-metre (1,378-foot) building's apartments would spin a full 360 degrees, at voice command, around a central column by means of 79 giant power-generating wind turbines located between each floor. The slender building would be energy self-sufficient as the turbines would produce enough electricity to power the entire building and even feed extra power back into the grid, said the Italian architect at the unveiling of the project in New York. The apartments, which will take between one and three hours to make a complete rotation, will cost from $3.7m to $36m. There are also plans to build a similar, 70-storey skyscraper in Moscow. "I call these buildings designed by time, shaped by life," said the Florence-based architect. "These buildings will open our vision all around, to a new life." The skyscraper will cost an estimated $700m to build and should be up and running in Dubai in 2010. Click the link to watch the video ... I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Myk JL 1,731 Report post Posted June 25, 2008 It sounds cool... yet at the same time dangerous & awkward looking. Those who fight deplorables should see to it that they themselves do not become deplorables. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ladywriter 7,783 Report post Posted June 25, 2008 The $ would be better spent on clean drinking water Look at the flowers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slippers 3,168 Report post Posted June 27, 2008 Was it the same one that gonna put the open tennis court on the very top of the building? Lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sledgstone 8,672 Report post Posted June 27, 2008 Dubai is growing insanely fast. Theres more foreigners there now than natural citizens. And that building is crazy looking. Go wind turbines tho! The $ would be better spent on clean drinking water Seriously. I thought I heard drinking water was still a big issue there too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
