An Italian architect said he is poised to start construction on a new skyscraper in Dubai that will be "the world's first building in motion," an 80-storey tower with revolving floors that give it an ever-shifting shape. [/p]The spinning floors, hung like rings around an immobile cement core, would offer residents a constantly changing view of the Persian Gulf and the city's futuristic skyline. A few penthouse villas would spin on command using a voice-activated computer. The motion of the rest of the building would be choreographed in patterns that could be altered over time. [/p]Speaking at a news conference in New York on Tuesday, the building's designer, David Fisher, declared that his tower will revolutionize the way skyscrapers are made - a claim that might strike some as excessively bold. Fisher acknowledges that he is not well known, has never built a skyscraper before and hasn't practised architecture regularly in decades. [/p]But he insisted his lack of experience wouldn't stop him from completing the project, which has attracted top design talent, including Leslie Robertson, the structural engineer for the World Trade Center and the Shanghai World Financial Centre. "I did not design skyscrapers, but I feel ready to do so," Fisher said.
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ALL THOSE ANGLES TO WORK WITH. WORSE THAN THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE.TYPICAL ARCHITECT.LOOKS GOOD ON PAPER YET NOONE CAN BUILD IT AND HE GETS RETAINED RIGHT UP TO WHEN THE LAST STOREY GOES ON IF IT EVER f*ckING DOES WHICH I DOUBT
Dubai has some really cool buildings, but this is silly.
It looks like a mangled up old tube of toothpaste.
He should look into a job at Toys-R-Us and leave building design to the real architects..(//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
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It looks like a mangled up old tube of toothpaste.
He should look into a job at Toys-R-Us and leave building design to the real architects..(//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif) [/DIV]
Building architects were the ones that invented leaky condo's... And some other really expensive idea's.
I think it looks cool and if it works will be another innovation.
It would be probably cool to see in person. I would like to check out the Dubai man-made ski hill for laughs.
It's definitely creative. A skyscraper with revolving, shifting floors, designed by someone who doesn't design skyscrapers sounds a mite risky to me. I sense danger.....danger I tell ya. (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
Got to remember not to flush when your floor is moving....
Wouldn't it be cheaper to live in a houseboat.....where you can rotate your house around as you wish
It's a metal slinky!
I dunno, the penthouse at the Burj Al Arab must be awesome.
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Although I don't want to look out and see Iran though. I'd find way too many jokes with that view to share with buddies.
meh, I'd go the hollywood environmentalist route. Buy thousands of acres in rural Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho. Buy a bunch of acres around the a mountain, then buy the mountain.
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lol this is so not going to work.
If it does, wow. lol
I see a problem brewing with this.
"Honey, I'm home"...."oh...'scuse me sir". "Honey, I'm home....pardon" ....."Honey I'm home....oops". "IF ANYONE SEE'S MY WIFE, TELL HER I'LL BE AT THE BAR !!!!!"
I wouldn't consider Dubai 'muslim' by any means. Its an international city of migrant workers.
It's hardly 'muslim' in the Saudi sense, Dubai was created by Western powers so they could have an ally in the region and turn the region to 'democracy'. Kuwait, Bahrain, Dubai, etc. For Ramadan people just head for the malls.
Used the wrong word, anyway there's a reason why they're all our friends.
Are we still talking about the yucky building ? (//vny!://discoverseattle.net/forums/richedit/smileys/Happy/12.gif)
I don't mind the building in its 'unmoving' form, but when its in its 'moved' state it looks like those apartment complexs in Montreal built for Expo '68.
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Ah that's right, sorry about the year mix up.
Its just the way the floors stick out.
I remember watching a programme on that building, apparently it was suppose to be for low income families? Now its one of the more 'yuppish' places, if I remember.
Hahaha Critical Mass. My prof is a 'group member' in their leaderless group.