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  1. 10-20-2008, 02:02 PM #1
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    Default New Dubai Skyscraper - Dynamic

    Not sure if this is new or not...but it's pretty interesting.

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    Wait for the music to stop and then the Dubai Skyscraper will "unfold."
    Dubai Skyscraper with rotating floors resulting in a constantly changing shape of the tower. Wind turbines located between each of the rotating floors and solar panels provide all the power for the building and five nearby buildings as well:
    Dubai Skyscraper With Rotating Floors

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    I have trouble believing that wind turbines and solar panels will provide ALL the power for the building (and five others), but great concept.
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    I think they will get sick on a windy day....
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    Wow- unreal!

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    I think they will get sick on a windy day....
    The windmills spin separately from the floors. The floors spin at a maximum rotation of 1 revolution every 90 minutes.

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    Definitely very different, is this just a plan or is it really there?
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    DUBAI has some crazy and innovative ideas!
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    Gotta spend the money on something.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RAWMEAN View Post
    Definitely very different, is this just a plan or is it really there?
    Its a plan, but they have been designing this for a long time.
    Estimated completion date is 2009.
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    People don't get motion sickness from the swaying of a building, they get it from the torsional twisting of a building in the wind. I might not want to work in this building.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BicepKaz View Post
    I have trouble believing that wind turbines and solar panels will provide ALL the power for the building (and five others), but great concept.
    Anything is possible.

    Three Wind Power Turbines alone power 15% of the new Bahrain World Trade Center ...
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