Dubai to get worlds first 'moving' skyscraper

That is insane.

99% of the time the thing will look like it's half destroyed.

Dubai just keeps getting more awesome.

I wonder how a buidling like that would stand up to terrorist attack.

I would imagine that if anything, the outer compartments would shield the load-bearing portions of the building from a blast.

how about a link, dan?

Yup, and let me tell you it helps when the in-laws have an apartment there you can go stay in!

Crank the rotation up to 10 RPM and hilarity ensues!

I wonder how it'll affect people's lives. Are moving restaurants a pain in the ass, inertia-wise?

Having eaten in one or two in my lifetime, no it's not really noticeable. You just glance up every few minutes and realize your view has changed slightly. After about an hour, you're back where you started.

OK. Dubai now needs to design a building that will transform into a giant robot. Or at least split open into a giant gun that can shoot down hijacked jets. Either would be seriously cool.

It takes hours to rotate around.

How extremely useful!

No, only a few apartments at the very top are controlled by the owners.

The rest of the apartments are part of a coordinated movement so that the building will have a unified "shape" as they all rotate in concert.

I bet even with a slooooow rotation like that, it'll be impossible to have a pool table.

Instead of ash trays and spittoons, they'll have barf bowls. LOL