Dubious Dubai's Rotating Tower

The 80-story Dynamic Tower, described as the "world's first building in motion," will also be the first skyscraper constructed from prefabricated units, according to a press statement released by New York-based architect David Fisher's Dynamic Group.

Each floor would be capable of rotating independently, powered by wind turbines fitted between each floor.

full story at CNN

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BUILD IT LIKE ZAHA!

Last Sunday the Design Museum held a workshop, where kids between the ages of 5 and 11 could ‘Build it Like Zaha.’ To book for this Sunday’s Build it Like Zaha workshop, 29 July 2 - 5pm, phone 020 7940 8783, email tickets@designmuseum.org or book online.




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Piano’s Plans for Corbu Landmark Incite Fierce Debate

Construction plans for the site of Le Corbusier¹s chapel of Notre Dame du Haut (1954) in Ronchamp, France, have ignited a vigorous debate, pitting leading architects against each other, and sparking disagreement between organizations seeking to preserve Le Corbusier¹s legacy.



Designed by Renzo Piano, the project was commissioned by the Association Oeuvre Notre Dame du Haut, the same organization that commissioned the chapel by Le Corbusier, widely regarded as a 20th-century architectural masterpiece. The plan calls for the replacement of an existing visitor’s center...

(read the entire article and see slide show at ArchRecord)



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MUXTAPE.COM

I found out about this website recently to which you upload 12 songs (mp3 format) to make your own mixtape. You remember those don't you? Proclamation of Love... Ode to Heartbreak... Summer Mix!... Cool... Trippy... Laughy's Greatest Hits...

It is not a complicated site at all; pretty clear, and I love the simple, direct graphics. Especially when compared to other music sharing sites that get all cluttered up with ads and other visual stimuli (distractions).

I have not bought any music from the site yet, so I don't know how that works yet, but here is a link to my first mix (I am sure there will be more to come), and here is a link to the main Muxtape page where you can poke around listening to others' mixes...or make one of your own.

Brad Pitt, Starchitect

According to People Magazine, Brad Pitt will join the Architectural Elite in the desert, by acting (no pun intended) as a design consultant on an 800-room "green" hotel in Dubai.

There is a lively discussion on Archinect about this news.

Pitt has a well-documented interest in/infatuation with/passion for architecture. And he has also been deeply involved with his Make it Right Foundation which is an organization working on the rebuilding and rehabilitation of New Orleans. More about it here on Archinect.

Speaking of sexy and renderings in Dubai, there is no way a large project can be undertaken today without producing very life-like renderings that show the proposed building in its idealized state--in its best light, surrounded/filled by people... Listen to this: