ROTATING SKYSCRAPER. I WANT ONE ...

This tower of energy will be powered by wind turbines and photovoltaic cells. Holla that means low energy bills y'all. It may also generate enough power to help its neighbouring buildings.

Oh, and the first ten floors are luxury apartments. Rumor has it that Miley Cyrus has already put her down payment, and if its good enough for Miley its good enough for Markus...

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BABY TIGERS RICH...BABY TIGERS AND LIFETIME BIG GULPS RICH

by Pierre Baltadano

So check this out...over on Forbes.com there's a story from April 30, 2008 about the fifth richest man in the world, India-born Mukesh Ambani, building a $2 BILLION home. HWHAT! This home will be a 27-story skyscraper in downtown Mumbai and it will be called Antilla. It all started in 2005 when Ambani's wife Nita was visiting the spa at the Mandarin Oriental in New York and she was stricken by the Asian-inspired interiors. She tracked down the designers,Perkings +Will and Hirsch Bedner Associates, and went to the bank, her husband of course, to have it done. Unlike a hotel or other high rise, this one will differ from floor to floor and that is why it will end up costing so much. There are more details in the story but let's just say that when I was building my billion dollar home, I made sure that I had a whole floor for baby tigers, another for a 7-11, and I was convinced by K-Fed to build a nightclub for pit-bulls on a seperate floor. Oh wait, that was Britney Spears.

[Forbes.com, Story and Slideshow]

THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE IN '08 FOR SURE...

by Pierre Baltadano


Hwhaat! This is some crazy stuff...and one of the reasons why I love architecture and design. Paris-based Serero Architects have won the open competition to redesign any of the Eiffel Tower's public areas. Serero's project plans on extending the top floor plate of the tower by raising a carbon Kevlar structure on it. The structure won't permanently modify the famous structure in expanding the usable floor area from around 900 SF to around 1,900 SF. I am intrigued by this but we'll see if I can walk on this



[Pictures and Story... Bustler.net via Archinect.com]