I assume nothing in this building will be on wheels

[MrAngryFace]

NEW YORK -- 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-story tower with revolving floors that give it an ever-shifting shape.

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.

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.

Read more about the swirling skyscraper or scroll down for photos and video

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/25/dubais-moving-skyscraper_n_109274.html

 

[Reb]

Maybe one rotation takes a day? Otherwise it would be sickening.

[Cormacaroni]

Wow, an eternally shifting view of sand in all directions *golf clap*

[Reb]

What does a golf clap look like?

Why are people on message board so obsessed with it?

[Crushed]

What does a golf clap look like?

Why are people on message board so obsessed with it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_clap

[duckman2000]

Is anyone getting an uneasy feeling from all these new groundbreaking feats in architecture? I have a feeling one of these buildings are going to collapse, and mark the end of this era of incredible confidence.

[Reb]

Or a plane is gonna crash into it, or something like that.

[FlameOfCallandor]

Anyone remember the movie cube?

[Raban]

Is anyone getting an uneasy feeling from all these new groundbreaking feats in architecture? I have a feeling one of these buildings are going to collapse, and mark the end of this era of incredible confidence.

Prolly.

[Tauntaun]

This will not end well.  It looks like Janga though and that's cool. 

[Joe Molotov]

Dubai's just going batshit crazy with all that oil money. 

[Phoenix Dark]

Buster and Lucille should get married there

[Tauntaun]

Buster and Lucille should get married there

In the AD movie.

[xnikki118x]

Maybe one rotation takes a day? Otherwise it would be sickening.

That's what I was thinking. Because seriously, I get motion sickness in the backs of cars. I'd pule everywhere in a moving building like that.

[CajoleJuice]

Dubai is the world's monument to unnecessary and distinguished mentally-challenged excess.

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[Bildi]

What does a golf clap look like?

Why are people on message board so obsessed with it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_clap

Oh wow, they actually reference Men At Work as popularising it.  I had no idea.




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Great avatar.