A shape-shifting skyscraper?!?

[TheMojoPin]

My God. Dubai is the greatest place on Earth:

The 80-story Dynamic Tower, described as the "world's first building in motion," will also be the first skyscraper constructed from prefabricated units, according to a press statement released by New York-based architect David Fisher's Dynamic Group.

Each floor would be capable of rotating independently, powered by wind turbines fitted between each floor.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/snoodmonger1/artdubaiap.jpg

As cool as that is, for someone like me who is terrified of heights, I feel nervous and woozy just thinking about being in that thing.

[Sinestro]

I was reading somewhere too that people could park their cars in there.

Plus it harnesses the power of the wind for wind power.

[Dude!]

that thing would have to be considered a prime target
im definitely steering clear

[scottinnj]

As cool as that is, for someone like me who is terrified of heights, I feel nervous and woozy just thinking about being in that thing.



QFT. I'm as bad as Fez, and just thinking about how it would feel being in a building while it is turning, no matter how slow, makes my tummy hurt. And add that I would be way up high in the building while this is happening, I would hope someone would lace my Dramamine with cyanide before I got into the elevator.

[sailor]

I was reading somewhere too that people could park their cars in there.

Plus it harnesses the power of the wind for wind power.

it was mentioned on the show today that you drive in and the car is brought by elevator to your apartment.

[Sinestro]

that thing would have to be considered a prime target
im definitely steering clear


It shifts!!! It's harder to hit a moving target don't you think.

[Sinestro]

it was mentioned on the show today that you drive in and the car is brought by elevator to your apartment.


Holy fucking shit that's crazy!!!! I could read the headlines now, man drives car off the 50th floor.

[sailor]

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and it's green (http://www.dynamicarchitecture.net/green.html)!

[Freakshow]

It's the building like you think, Jordi LaForge, it's the dog,

[PanterA]

That is just fucking briliant

[Team_Ramrod]

I was actually talking to a coworker of mine yesterday about all the new buildings going up in Dubai.
He too thought they were amazing and how they must have so much money to be able to build some of this shit.

Personally, I don't think it has so much to do with the fact that Americans/ Canadians cannot afford such architecture; I think it's more that the North American building codes and Safety Standards are so much higher that the approval for one of these buildings would not happen over here.

But their buildings sure are nice to look at.

[PapaBear]

How'd you like to be a window washer on that building?:help:

[Marc with a c]

How'd you like to be a window washer on that building?:help:

i wouldn't like it at all

[PapaBear]

i wouldn't like it at all
Not even a little?

[scottinnj]

He too thought they were amazing and how they must have so much money to be able to build some of this shit.


Hell, we're paying for it.


http://www.electricscotland.com/thomson/images/20.28%20oil_barrel2.jpg


CHA-CHING!

[Marc with a c]

Not even a little?

i would like it zero

[PapaBear]

i would like it zero
Same here.

[Marc with a c]

Same here.

i'd enjoy washing your windows

[Tenbatsuzen]

that thing would have to be considered a prime target
im definitely steering clear

Dude, it's Dubai. The entire city is a fucking target.

[scottinnj]

Dude, it's Dubai. The entire city is a fucking target.

You know those terrorists over there are just jerking off, and marking their calendars for the ground-breaking ceremony. Better them then us. I say, let's build the "freedom" (yech!) tower real quick and quiet like, and let this building get all the attention. Hell, we should send GW over to host the opening ceremonies, with a big "Mission Accomplished-Bring it On" banner behind him. It'd be the best thing he ever did to keep terrorists away from us.

[PanterA]

You know those terrorists over there are just jerking off, and marking their calendars for the ground-breaking ceremony. Better them then us. I say, let's build the "freedom" (yech!) tower real quick and quiet like, and let this building get all the attention. Hell, we should send GW over to host the opening ceremonies, with a big "Mission Accomplished-Bring it On" banner behind him. It'd be the best thing he ever did to keep terrorists away from us.Terrorist dont really hate freedom. They hate America.

[scottinnj]

I didn't name it, blame Bloomberg for that one.

I wanted an exact duplicate of the WTC built, not some feely-nice nice "freedom tower"



Double Yech!

[Freakshow]

Hell, we're paying for it.


http://www.electricscotland.com/thomson/images/20.28%20oil_barrel2.jpg


CHA-CHING!

nope. dubai has almost no oil at all. it's money comes from tourism, mostly rich europeans. look up who bought into those man-made islands. michael schumacker, rod stewart, etc....

[scottinnj]

nope. dubai has almost no oil at all. it's money comes from tourism, mostly rich europeans. look up who bought into those man-made islands. michael schumacker, rod stewart, etc....

It's a member of the United Arab Emirates, so we're both right.

[underdog]

nope. dubai has almost no oil at all. it's money comes from tourism, mostly rich europeans. look up who bought into those man-made islands. michael schumacker, rod stewart, etc....

It's a member of the United Arab Emirates, so we're both right.

The rich guys there got rich because of oil, but they're actually smart enough to realize the oil is going to run out, so their idea was to make tourism the #1 money maker, which is why they keep sinking all this money into these ridiculous things that turn out awesome.

Is Dubai actually a terrorist target? I can't imagine it would be. I hope AJ shows up soon and actually adds facts to this conversation.

[TheGameHHH]

The rich guys there got rich because of oil, but they're actually smart enough to realize the oil is going to run out, so their idea was to make tourism the #1 money maker, which is why they keep sinking all this money into these ridiculous things that turn out awesome.

Is Dubai actually a terrorist target? I can't imagine it would be. I hope AJ shows up soon and actually adds facts to this conversation.

This is probably the smartest post in this thread aside from Mojo's original. I think people need to better educate themselves on Dubai and what goes on over there. It's a fucking incredible place.

[A.J.]

I was actually talking to a coworker of mine yesterday about all the new buildings going up in Dubai.
He too thought they were amazing and how they must have so much money to be able to build some of this shit.

Personally, I don't think it has so much to do with the fact that Americans/ Canadians cannot afford such architecture; I think it's more that the North American building codes and Safety Standards are so much higher that the approval for one of these buildings would not happen over here.

But their buildings sure are nice to look at.

Also, they don't have deal with unions and can pay expat workers slave wage prices.

nope. dubai has almost no oil at all. it's money comes from tourism, mostly rich europeans. look up who bought into those man-made islands. michael schumacker, rod stewart, etc....

Partly right.

The rich guys there got rich because of oil, but they're actually smart enough to realize the oil is going to run out, so their idea was to make tourism the #1 money maker, which is why they keep sinking all this money into these ridiculous things that turn out awesome.

Correct.

Is Dubai actually a terrorist target? I can't imagine it would be. I hope AJ shows up soon and actually adds facts to this conversation.

It would be a viable target: lots of scantily clad Westerners drinking booze on the sacred Arabian peninsula...That said, terrorists will attack wherever they see an opportunity to do so be it Dubai, Bali or Key West. I have to believe that the UAE gov't recognizes this and has stepped up security.

I haven't been to Dubai in almost 3 years. I need to go back and see how much has changed since then.

[underdog]

I think people need to better educate themselves on Dubai and what goes on over there. It's a fucking incredible place.

When they were talking about this on O&A yesterday, Patrice kept saying Dubai was in India, and I was nearly yelling at my radio. I cannot understand how anyone, at this point in time, doesn't know about Dubai.

[Furtherman]

An amazing building but I can't imagine it running smoothly all the time. What if one floor gets "stuck"? Would the others keep moving? Plus there would probably only be one elevator bank. But what do I know? I build with legos.

[TheMojoPin]

Hey, they may have rotating skyscrapers, but are they building giant vibrators like we are here in Chicago?

Behold, the Chicago spire, soon to be the world's tallest residential building:

http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/CAI/Images/NearNorthSide/ChicagoSpire-004.jpg

Apparently the minimum price is $750,000 for a loft and $40 million for the penthouse. About half the units have sold aready.

[DolaMight]

When they were talking about this on O&A yesterday, Patrice kept saying Dubai was in India, and I was nearly yelling at my radio. I cannot understand how anyone, at this point in time, doesn't know about Dubai.

Yeah no one called him on it either. He went on to tell a couple of Indian jokes that made no sense because everyone was thinking arab.


Is Dubai acually a target? They already have many much taller buildings than NYC and they've been fine, I don't even remember hearing any viable threats. Besides this building is only 80 stories. They might have a religions objection to it as it is the most dildo looking building to date.

Al-Qaeda doesn't seem to mind hookers, homos, drugs and booze in their Vegas.

[Freakshow]

I think a lot of their money goes through Dubai, so might think twice before taking it out?

[TheMojoPin]

Guys, just becase the Twin Towers were targeted doesn't mean "the terrorists" have a boner for giant buildings and MUST try and knock them down.

[DolaMight]

I think a lot of their money goes through Dubai, so might think twice before taking it out?

Maybe the US should think of investing in Al-Queda for protection then. It would be more cost effective than Iraq.

[DolaMight]

Guys, just becase the Twin Towers were targeted doesn't mean "the terrorists" have a boner for giant buildings and MUST try and knock them down.

True. I heard their new passion is targeting bungalows.

[Furtherman]

http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/CAI/Images/NearNorthSide/ChicagoSpire-004.jpg

Looks like a unicorn's horn.

[A.J.]

True. I heard their new passion is targeting bungalows.

Those are for the people who like to go down slow.

[underdog]

Is Dubai acually a target? They already have many much taller buildings than NYC and they've been fine, I don't even remember hearing any viable threats. Besides this building is only 80 stories. They might have a religions objection to it as it is the most dildo looking building to date.

Al-Qaeda doesn't seem to mind hookers, homos, drugs and booze in their Vegas.

It seems like the rich in Dubai have enough money to combat any type of religious fanaticism in their country.

[TheMojoPin]

Those are for the people who like to go down slow.

Margaritaville is next!

[underdog]

Margaritaville is next!

We can only hope.

[TheMojoPin]

Here is what the view from the 140th(!!!) floor of the Chicago Spire will look like. (http://www.thechicagospire.com/building/panoramas/140/)

[Dude!]

Guys, just becase the Twin Towers were targeted doesn't mean "the terrorists" have a boner for giant buildings and MUST try and knock them down.

yes it would be unthinkable that islamic terrorists would try to destroy a landmark building
why did you put terrorists in quotes, like someone made up the concept and 9-11 didn't happen

someone should shove that chicago cock building up your ass

[underdog]

Here is what the view from the 140th(!!!) floor of the Chicago Spire will look like. (http://www.thechicagospire.com/building/panoramas/140/)

That's nothing. This is the view from my apartment :

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3152/2613441653_03120cbd7f_o.jpg

[Freakshow]

That some nice Richardson Romanesque on the left.

[DolaMight]

Here is what the view from the 140th(!!!) floor of the Chicago Spire will look like. (http://www.thechicagospire.com/building/panoramas/140/)

Jesus H. Is this really going to be built? Hasn't chicago learned from the financial disasters that the Sears tower and hancock center were?

[TheMojoPin]

yes it would be unthinkable that islamic terrorists would try to destroy a landmark building
why did you put terrorists in quotes, like someone made up the concept and 9-11 didn't happen

someone should shove that chicago cock building up your ass

The Dude! apparently does not abide.

It's not unthinkable, but it's ridiculous to think that just because a huge building is being built someone is going to try and blow it up and that there's anything beyond an extremely remote chance of anything like that ever happening to the Dubai rotating skyscraper. And I used quotes because everyone is talking like "the terrorists" are this club of supervillains sitting around plotting to destroy landmark buildings. They aren't. 9/11 is the extreme exception. The WTC was targeted because of what it symbolized, where it was and to maximize property/financial/loss of life damage. This thing is just goin to be a dumb residential building that doesn't mean shit outside of its gimmick, just like thousands of other huge and indulgent skyscrapers around the world that never have been and never will be blown up.

[TheMojoPin]

Jesus H. Is this really going to be built? Hasn't chicago learned from the financial disasters that the Sears tower and hancock center were?

Hubris is delicious and free!

[DolaMight]

Hey, they may have rotating skyscrapers, but are they building giant vibrators like we are here in Chicago?

Behold, the Chicago spire, soon to be the world's tallest residential building:

http://www.chicagoarchitecture.info/CAI/Images/NearNorthSide/ChicagoSpire-004.jpg

Apparently the minimum price is $750,000 for a loft and $40 million for the penthouse. About half the units have sold aready.

I'll be planning another trip to chicago the day she finds it.
http://www.kesigndesign.com/medium/attack50.jpg

[Furtherman]

Jesus H. Is this really going to be built? Hasn't chicago learned from the financial disasters that the Sears tower and hancock center were?

I don't know about the finances but the eastern european girls at the Hancock Tower were veddy veddy nice.

[mdr55]

And I used quotes because everyone is talking like "the terrorists" are this club of supervillains sitting around plotting to destroy landmark buildings.

http://www.actionfigurecollectors.com/images/news/GI%20JoeTCG_CobraCommander.jpg

[TheMojoPin]

http://www.actionfigurecollectors.com/images/news/GI%20JoeTCG_CobraCommander.jpg

Exactly.

Though remember...not Dr. Doom. He cried at Ground Zero.

http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/images2/drdoomtears.jpg

I'm sorry, I know emotions were high at the time, but Marvel's decision to have the biggest villains at Ground Zero weeping and "showing respect" was incredibly insulting and stupid.

[mdr55]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/99660961_2f8f8f0784.jpg?v=0

[scottinnj]

I used quotes because everyone is talking like "the terrorists" are this club of supervillains sitting around plotting to destroy landmark buildings.

Au Contraire! They do have a club, and a clubhouse:

http://norbizness.com/archives/doom.jpg


And they're in there singing Blood Sweat & Tears: "What goes up, must come down....."

[A.J.]

yes it would be unthinkable that islamic terrorists would try to destroy a landmark building
why did you put terrorists in quotes, like someone made up the concept and 9-11 didn't happen

someone should shove that chicago cock building up your ass

"The terrorists hate ostentatious landmark buildings and will do anything to blow them up."

http://l.yimg.com/img.movies.yahoo.com/ymv/us/img/hv/photo/movie_pix/paramount_pictures/team_america__world_police/ta3.jpg

[Furtherman]

A shape-shifting skyscraper?!?

How about a See-Through Skyscraper? (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/the-see-through-skyscraper/)

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/09/02/nyregion/See-Through_Skyscraper_(Dun.jpg

Once in a while, however, when the light and the angles are just right, a skyscraper can come close to vanishing.

That happened last Thursday, when the 52 floors of 7 World Trade Center faded into the cloud-flecked blue of a late summer afternoon. Its masonry neighbors (140 West Street and 90 West Street) stood out in contrast.