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Michael Schumacher Tower to Take Over the World [Architecture]
gizmodo.com - 10/8/2008
Michael Schumacher Tower to Take Over the World [Architecture]
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Another day, another spectacular tower in Dubai : The Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower, a curvy building "inspired by the geometrical order of a snowflake and the aerodynamics of a Formula 1", will not only appear in Dubai but in six other cities around the world. According to the ...
The Highest Skyscraper in the World [Architecture]
gizmodo.com - 10/6/2008
The Highest Skyscraper in the World [Architecture]
— gizmodo.com — When it's finished in ten years, Dubai's latest architectural monolith will be the tallest skyscraper in the... world. At more than one kilometer high (3,280 feet), the Nakheel Tower will have the hundred floors. "From our perspective, we are building ... (more) The Highest Skyscraper in the World [Architecture]
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Tech Blog — ... by the geometrical order of a snowflake and the aerodynamics of a Formula 1', will not only appear in Dubai but in six other cities around the world." Click here for first picture in gallery. A series of reflective fins generates a vertical dynamic and gives the building a constantly changing appearance. The fins track the sun, control the solar shading and dissolve the rationality of the plan into a continuously evolving building volume. [via Gizmodo] ...

Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower
w3sh magazine — Encore un building futuriste, encore à Dubai. Cette fois, c’est la “Michael Schumacher World Champion Tower” qui sera aussi construite dans 6 autres pays. A l’heure ou on parle beaucoup de cette prochaine nouvelle tour à Paris, je me dis qu’on est quand même loin de nos amis de Dubai. via Gizmodo

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