TWIST TOWER DUBAI Worlds 1st in its Kind

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has started construction on a 75-story helix-shaped tower in the Dubai Marina, one of the wealthy Emirate's prime residential neighborhoods.

The "dancing" skyscraper, to be named Infinity Tower, will rotate 90 degrees as it rises while maintaining a constant floor-plate throughout its height. SOM Managing Partner George Efstathiou, AIA, predicts that the tower's winding shape will make it the marina's principal landmark, and perhaps a symbol of Dubai itself. According to Efstathiou, the building will offer its residents views of the waterfront without disrupting the vistas of neighboring buildings.

The 995-foot-high tower will comprise 456 residential units, ranging from studios to full-floor penthouses. It will include a street-level shopping arcade, conference centers, lounges, a child-care center, a health spa, exercise facilities, and an outdoor pool.

The structure will be constructed of cast-in-place high-strength concrete columns stepped one degree per floor in order to create the distinctive helix shape. The tower's architect, design partner Ross Wimer, AIA, says that while the building's form responds to its site, its articulated surface responds to the climate, making its architecture a derivative of the "interaction of natural forces."

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[Sentinel4truth]

Dubai just defaulted on their debt. Their boom is over, the bust is just beginning. Shoulda stuck with tents and magic carpets.

[HijabiGirl09]

You are jealous!

[Vartazian360]

lol. BBC. get it? ahah.

[swabechiqq]

i will get dizzy for 5 minutes staying in this building... NO way.. :(

[Boatspecialist796]

how would you get out of the building

[awsomeadam3]

@ultimaterunescape90 my guess would be that at the bottom, where you would get to your elevator to go to your room, it doesn't spin, but while you are ascending to your room, your elevator would slowly begin to spin and synchronize (or match up) with the rotation of your room, so that when you get to your room, it seems as if its not moving.

[ultimaterunescape90]

how ya go up by elevator? is the elevator gotta spin as u goes?how ya go to ya room? ya cant walk! ya can but it be damn hard...

[13crichard]

XD is this chinese or something

[Kent133]

@lordarthuur British... Yes

[lordarthuur]

isn't BBC english?



[aamirilsvm]

@ES4O it doesnt move that fast. you won't even feel. Its like a single or two rotations in 24 hours

[w00tbeerisgood]

*to the neighbors* STOP SPINNING IM TRYING TO PLAY JENGA