The Guardian has a great collection of “the best green skyscrapers”! This is a rotating skyscraper that is to be built in Dubai, in various stages of movement. An Italian architect said he is poised to start construction on the new skyscraper that will be “the world’s first building in motion,” an 80-story tower with revolving floors that give it an ever-shifting shape.
More info: Guardian
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Great idea , but not sure how ‘green’ this will actually be. How will they generate the huge amounts of energy it will take to rotate each of the floors. Don’t tell me a few photovoltaic cells can keep this in motion.
Alex – welcome to Dubai! Extravagance and a flagrant disregard for the environment are rife – if it can be done, it will be done and the more expensive the better. A fertile ground for entrepreneurs and innovators, but at what cost?