| Dubai and Moscow's Moving Skyscrapers |
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NOTE: I did not make this video. It is the video
produced by the architectural firm behind this
building.
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David Fisher's company 'Dynamic Architecture' have
developed a moving skyscraper! The building will
be made up of 80 floors, with an apartment on each
floor.
The rotating building is made possible by 79 giant
power-generating wind turbines.
As well as the rotation, the wind turbines will
also provide enough energy to power the entire
building and feed extra energy back into the grid.
There are two buildings planned at the moment. One
in Dubai and one in Moscow. The Dubai building is
planned to be up and running by 2010.
http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7472722.stm
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| The World - Dubai |
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The World Islands, are a collection of man-made
islands shaped into the continents of the world,
located off the coast of Dubai in the United Arab
Emirates. It will consist of 300 small private
artificial islands divided into four categories -
private homes, estate homes, dream resorts, and
community islands.
http://www.theworld.ae/
Tags : world dubai emirates nakheel UAE persian gulf palm the artificial island sea |
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| Dubai Car |
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damn this car is just to sick
Tags : car doors |
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| Accidents in Dubai |
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This is a short compilation clip of some of the
accidents that take place in Dubai on a daily
basis. Some of these are pretty shocking and you
can only help but think, "What the hell were these
idiots thinking??!!!"
Hope the local government can do something to stop
morons from trying to squeeze between two cars at
breakneck speed on a highway! (You'll see what I
mean when you watch the video!)
Tags : Accidents dumb dubai highway cars |
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| BBC News - Dubai plans 'moving' skyscraper |
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The world's first moving building, an 80-storey
tower with revolving floors giving a shifting
shape, will be built in Dubai, its architect says.
The Dynamic Tower design is made up of 80
pre-fabricated apartments which will spin
independently of one another.
"It's the first building that rotates, moves, and
changes shape," said architect David Fisher, who
is Italian, at a news conference in New York.
"This building never looks the same, not once in a
lifetime," he added.
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.
There are also plans to build a similar, 70-storey
skyscraper in Moscow.
"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.
Tags : BBC News Dubai plans 'moving' skyscraper |
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