An extraordinary piece of architecture and engineering, this 80 story building scheduled for completion in 2010 should really make people think differently.  The tower, located in Dubai, will house 20 floors of retail space, 15 floors for an extravagant hotel and the remaining floors for residential apartments with the top 10 floors set aside for luxury villas of up to 12,900 square feet in size.

Designed by Italian architect Dr. David Fisher the tower will rotate to benefit from the sun and adapt to the wind. It even generates it’s own energy by cleverly integrating 79 wind turbines between floors and using photovoltaic cells on the roof of each floor.

Each floor has its own car parking space serviced by a vehicle lift in the centre of the structure and voice activated controls to rotate the apartment to suit your needs. If you wish to have your evening meal overlooking the sea so be it, if you wish to wake to the morning sun just say the word!

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