Spinning Blocks in Dubai

Dubai is once again pushing the boundaries of architectural design. Proposals have been revealed by the Italian architect, David Fisher of a staggering idea where independent elements of the 80 storey building will rotate, creating a forever changing dynamic structure. "This building never looks the same, not once in a lifetime,"

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. The slender building would be energy self-sufficient as the turbines would produce enough electricity to power the entire building and even feed extra power back into the grid, said the Italian architect at the unveiling of the project in New York.

The apartments, which will take between one and three hours to make a complete rotation, will cost from $3.7m to $36m.

"I call these buildings designed by time, shaped by life," said the Florence-based architect, who has never built a sky-scraper before.
"These buildings will open our vision all around, to a new life."

The skyscraper will cost an estimated $700m to build and should be up and running in Dubai in 2010.

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