Giant corkscrew in the sky : Spinning skyscraper in Dubai16:57 Thu 26 June 2008 You know when you've had a few and the room just won't stop spinning until you give in and throw up? Well imagine that multiplied by a million, courtesy of the spinning skyscraper you live in. That's right, not an invention that we saw coming either, but the world's first ever spinning skyscraper is coming to Dubai. Created by Italian architect 'David Fisher' (not Fisher and Sons) the creation will be the "the world's first ever building in motion," operated by spinning whole floors, gently and pointlessly around an immobile cement structure. Tenants will be able to park their cars 'right outside' their apartments, courtesy of giant lifts. There'll be office space, a luxury hotel, and, insists Fisher the spinning will not cause inhabitants permanent motion sickness because it will move so slowly they won't even notice. Bit like the London eye, only more exciting. And the spinning skyscraper ticks the green box too. Wind turbines will be attached to each apartment in a bid to utilise the natural wind power which ordinarily causes skyscapers so many problems. Parts are already being made in factories in Italy (to then be shipped to Dubai) and Fisher hopes to unveil his unlikely project no later than 2010. Apartment prices start at £3000 a square foot, meaning the very smallest 1,300 square foot apartment will still set you back £4 million. Guess it's off our Christmas list! Check out Fisher's spinning skyscraper - think he can pull it off? |
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