80 Story Shape-shifting Skyscraper - Dubai

[kcjak]

This project looks amazing...80 stories that can rotate on a central axis independently of the floor above and below.  And all prefabricated off-site.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/ ... index.html

[KCKev]

Moving Buildings!Better training for terrorists to practice flying into! Just what we need.

[chrizow]

ah yes, b/c dubai needs more gilded architectural ejaculate.

[Midtownkid]

That looks like a engineer and maintenance crew's nightmare...how long will that building last?  Seems like the different floors will stop rotating over time as sand and dirt get stuck in the gears.

[49r]

Units priced from $4 million to $40 million.

Dang.

[AllThingsKC]

There's another one planned for Moscow.

[GuyInLenexa]

God, I would have to keep a Costco sized bottle of Dramamine if I lived there.  I am sure that it won't move as fast as the animation