Back in April David Fisher, an Italian-Israeli (!!) architect, presented a 1,027 feet (313 meters) tall hotel / apartment / office tower ... where the floors rotate 360 degrees independently of each other. One revolution will take about 90 minutes, as to not sicken the tenants.
This, obviously, is right up Dubai's alley.
First, Dubai loves skyscrapers. Second, they love having the only and the first of something. And lastly, they love publicity.
Luckily it's an environmentally sound building, too. Apparently it will generate its own electricity with 48 wind turbines mounted horizontally between one floor and the next. They say not only will it power itself, but it will also make extra energy for up to five additional buildings.
Huh.
Hilariously enough, there's another rotating building being talked about in Dubai, too, a venture between Hong Kong-based P&T Group and Dubai Property Ring. But this one would rotate either once a day or once a week, I've seen both in print.
Only in Dubai ...
