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Chicago Spire to Be World's Second Tallest Skyscraper
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| tjpatel |
A giant joint? The horn on a unicorn? How about the taller Dubai Tower with its twists? One thing is for certain, the Chicago Spire will be the world's second tallest building when it is completed in 2011. The Spire was designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, and it will rise 2000 feet over the streets of Chicago and feature 150 floors housing 1,194 residences. And, because of its unique spiraled design, each floor rotates an average of 2.44 degrees (360 degrees in total) so that no two apartments have the same view. And the building has a LEED gold rating for supreme greenness.
According to Calatrava, the Spire was not inspired by unicorns or herbs, but "by nature, by the interaction of earth, water, and air.” In keeping with that theme, the building features a number of sustainable components like high performance glass that protects migratory birds, a rainwater recycling system, and a geothermal system that uses river water to cool the building. So suck on that Dubai Tower! We can have our own crazy tall, weird looking buildings too! |
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| bucke |
| this is better than that deadmouse thread you posted earlier. |
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| Cool1g |
this is going to be built in Century City....a high-rise condo called the Blade....looks great. only around 40 stories but hella cool looking IMO.
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| skizzell |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cool1g
this is going to be built in Century City....a high-rise condo called the Blade....looks great. only around 40 stories but hella cool looking IMO. |
Sooo many birds are going to die a tragic death with that building, haha. |
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| Rukes |
| It looks like a tower from a generic video game or movie where satan comes to take over the world. |
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| shuni |
| quote: | Originally posted by bucke
this is better than that deadmouse thread you posted earlier. |
jajaja, true. |
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| R!CH |
| yea but does it vibrate??? |
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| bucke |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cool1g
this is going to be built in Century City....a high-rise condo called the Blade....looks great. only around 40 stories but hella cool looking IMO.
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really? i haven't heard of this one and i work in century city. they're already building "the century" next to fox plaza. those condos look dope, wish i could buy one there eventually. :D |
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| skizzell |
| quote: | Originally posted by R!CH
yea but does it vibrate??? |
calm down there. ;) |
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| Gen3r4l1ty |
Superior IMO. |
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| Cool1g |
| quote: | Originally posted by bucke
really? i haven't heard of this one and i work in century city. they're already building "the century" next to fox plaza. those condos look dope, wish i could buy one there eventually. :D |
the address is 10000 Santa Monica Blvd. in the permitting stages right now. i believe the cheapest units will be something like $3-5 million. |
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