World's 1st rotating skyscraper

TheOldSchool

TheOldSchool

Diamond Member
Sep 21, 2012
62,631
10,091
2,070
last stop for sanity before reaching the south
No way in hell could you get me to stay in that building. Voice activated spinning floors? No thanks!

3D4CCDAB00000578-4231698-image-a-163_1487262603244.jpg


Rotating Dubai skyscraper to be built in 2020 | Daily Mail Online
 
I hear they are developing drones as airborne transport throughout the city.

Like, I would get on any pilotless aircraft ...
 
Doesn't Seattle have a skyscraper with a rotating top floor? I have been to the Top of the Mark is San Francisco and the restaurant rotates.
 
Anchorage has a rotating theme place built in the 60s, the floor inside the room rotated to give 360 degree views out the windows. Was a neat place, believe it used to be called the Carousel Lounge, they did upscale appetizers and stuff, but the owners retired and sold. A bar bought it, I think it's called... the Office Lounge now (maybe? I don't drink so I don't do the bar scene.)
 
TheOldSchool said:
No way in hell could you get me to stay in that building. Voice activated spinning floors? No thanks!

3D4CCDAB00000578-4231698-image-a-163_1487262603244.jpg


Rotating Dubai skyscraper to be built in 2020 | Daily Mail Online
Click to expand...

I would love to meet the Structural engineering group that figured out the loads and logistics for this. Between the addition of MOVING PARTS to the static structure of a building, To the infinite variations created on wind loading, to the multiple trap points for water infiltration (i guess each floor has to be a self contained, weatherproof unit?) I am wary of the unknowns involved.

Building designers like nice, measurable, and if possible constant forces to deal with. This thing has an infinite variation to it.
 
On a more serious note, Dubai and many other countries are absolutely killing us on "national points of pride monuments" like this. It's almost embarrassing how amazing the buildings over there are. President Trump is probably cringing given his personal love of modern architecture and how far America has fallen from being the "head of the class" when it came to global construction wonders.

On the other hand, I've heard their "standards" for engineering are not as... cautious as ours heh
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

WSJ reporters told to cover Trump fairly

< Previous Thread

CIA "smuggle gold, cash, drugs, guns and small children"

Next Thread >

Similar threads

H
Maine Residents Furious over $13M Tax Bill for ‘Taj Mahal’ Where Migrants Get Two Years of Free Rent
Replies
0
Views
98
Hollie
H
H
Fulton County GA 2020 ballots signatures not verified...hmm how many other counties?
2
Replies
39
Views
546
candycorn
candycorn
Lord Long Rod
The Glory Hole Incident
Replies
1
Views
184
The Duke
The Duke
Andylusion
Critique of Kath Hochul's housing plan.
Replies
18
Views
305
Andylusion
Andylusion
Lord Long Rod
My Trip to the White House During the Clinton Administration
Replies
1
Views
202
Mr Natural
Mr Natural

Latest Discussions

JLW
Climate capitalism and the rise of synthetic foods
2
Replies
32
Views
217
Care4all
Care4all
Bonzi
Famous People: A-Z
145 146 147
Replies
3K
Views
86K
ActionJackson
ActionJackson
crossbody
2 new COVID variants called 'FLiRT' are spreading in the U.S. What are the symptoms?
Replies
16
Views
39
merrill
M
Crepitus
Congress voted against funding a cure for cancer just to block a win for Biden
2 3 4
Replies
63
Views
296
struth
S
frigidweirdo
The ignorant masses
Replies
9
Views
50
candycorn
candycorn
View more…

Forum List

Back
Top