Archive for July 5th, 2008

Dubai plans ‘moving’ skyscraper

The world’s first moving building, an 80-storey tower with revolving floors giving a shifting shape, will be built in Dubai, its architect says.

The Dynamic Tower design is made up of 80 pre-fabricated apartments which will spin independently of one another

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7472722.stm

Faces in a billion

The floating cities that could one day house climate change refugees

At first glance, they look like a couple of giant inflatable garden chairs that have washed out to sea  But they are, apparently, the ultimate solution to rapidly rising sea levels.
This computer-generated image shows two floating cities, each with enough room for 50,000 inhabitants.

http://www.learningnet.co.uk/ubb/Forum5/HTML/017235.html


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