Thursday, June 26, 2008

The first un-static building in the world

Usually we think buildings have to be static, or in another word buildings have to stay the same because of the constructions. But it all is going to change, a first building that's going to be "un-static" is to be built at Dubai.

Here's the rest of the news acquired from BBC News:

The world's first moving building, an 80-storey tower with revolving floors giving a 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.




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