Tag: SKYSCRAPER

A new skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany has been outfitted with a "pressure ring" façade that, quite literally, allows the building to breathe. Unlike other German towers, which are mandated by law to include windows that open, the KfW Bankengruppe office building doesn't suffer from rip-roaring winds when a casement gets thrown open -- and neither does it endure the energy loss of older ...

The Web is teeming with the unrealized ideas of both students and established designers who set out to produce astonishing renderings and prototypes for unusual products. Unfortunately, due to the lack of time, money, or technology, many of those products never progress from the planning stages to the mass market. But that doesn't mean we can't salivate over them, nevertheless. Barring a ...

Dubai has become synonymous with architectural excess, but the latest creation being proposed for the commercial mecca is something that must be seen to be believed. David Fisher, an Italian architect, has designed what can only be described as the world's first spinning skyscraper. The 80-story residential tower -- to be called the Dynamic Tower -- changes shape as each floor rotates ...