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Dubai High Rise Would Add Novel Twists

Posted Jun 26, 08 3:51 PM CDT in Technology,  World 

(Newser) – If heights make your head spin, a planned 80-story tower in Dubai might not be the place for you. Set to be the "world's first building in motion," David Fisher's design features doughnut-shape floors that rotate 360 degrees around a fixed cement core, the AP reports. It would be the first skyscraper for a relative unknown prepared to "revolutionize the way buildings are made."

Other outlandish features include giant wind turbines sandwiched between floors that will sate the building's electricity needs, and lifts that allow penthouse residents to park their cars in their apartments … which spin on voice-activated command. The futuristic project has attracted top names like World Trade Center structural engineer Leslie E. Robertson, who adds, "You can build anything."

Sources Associated Press, Guardian (UK)

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This artist rendering released by Dynamic Architecture shows a rotating skyscraper that is to be built in Dubai, in various stages of movement.   (AP Photo/Dynamic Architecture)
"I did not design skyscrapers, but I feel ready to do so," David Fisher says of his Dubai project.   (Getty Images)
An Italian architect is poised to start construction on a new skyscraper that will be "the world's first building in motion," an 80-story tower whose revolving floors give it an ever-shifting shape.   (AP Photo/Dynamic Architecture)
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