Chicago Spire
source: http://sustainabledesignupdate.com/?p=811
The Chicago Spire, a spectacular 2,000-foot twisting tower will dramatically change the
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Designed by Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, The Chicago Spire will be the worldâs tallest exclusively residential building and the tallest building in the western world when complete in 2012.
Rising 150 stories, the slender, twisting tower will house 1,194 residences. Each level in the seven-sided structure will rotate an average 2.44 degrees between floor plates, giving the structure its distinctive fluid appearance; the building will turn a total of 360 degrees.
Some call this a biomimetic design because it picks up on sea shells and naturally occurring spirals, but in my vocabulary biomimetic designs are more than cosmetics layered over a traditional structure.
The Chicago Spire will be designed to the LEED Gold certification level.
Via: Inhabitat
Cool Video at: The Chicago Spire
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