How well would this do in Dallas?

**Kelley USA** · 17 December 2004, 11:39 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - An unusual apartment building was inaugurated in Brazil, each of whose 11 storeys turns independently, giving lucky residents 360-degree views of the eco-friendly city of Curitiba.
The building is located in a residential neighborhood called Ecoville, in the capital of the southern state of Parana. It was billed as "the world's only completely revolving tower."

The tower was the latest addition to Curitiba's cutting-edge urban planning, which includes a much-copied bus transit system. Canada and the United States boast revolving restaurants mounted on skyscrapers, but fall short of Curitiba's newest building."It is a great civil construction work of art in modern times," said Alcir Moro, director of the Moro contractor group.

Each 300,000-dollar apartment occupies an entire floor of 287 square meters (3,000 square feet). Lights, air conditioning and the revolving of the apartment can be turned on and off with a remote control or an oral command. The owner may also change the direction and speed of the revolutions. At low speed, each floor takes an hour to revolve.

gc · 17 December 2004, 11:51 AM

^ Not sure how that would do in DFW but I dig the idea and creativity.

**RobertB** · 17 December 2004, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Kelley USA

Each 300,000-dollar apartment occupies an entire floor of 287 square meters (3,000 square feet). Lights, air conditioning and the revolving of the apartment can be turned on and off with a remote control or an oral command. The owner may also change the direction and speed of the revolutions. At low speed, each floor takes an hour to revolve.

Proud Owner: Isn't this place great? It rotates, and I can even decide how fast I want to go.

Awed Visitor: Wow, that's amazing. How do you tell the apartment how fast to go?

P.O.: I just tell it with my voice.

A.V.: How does it know you're telling it to change?

P.O.: It only responds to its name, which only I know.

A.V.: Cool. So it could be like a record, speed 45rpm?

Robotic Voice: Apartment Name "Record" recognized. Increasing speed to 45rpm.

P.O: Uh oh.

**Kelley USA** · 17 December 2004, 02:15 PM

I could easily see units like this selling for well over $1 million + in the Uptown area... Just think- 360 degree views of DT, Uptown, Turtle Creek etc... That would be pretty cool!

**rantanamo** · 17 December 2004, 02:33 PM

I'd just rotate whatever room I was in to the prettiest scenery. From the pics I saw, you really don't get a full 360 degree view. The apts are attached to an axis and tower on one side. I'd imagine for elevators and the like. Pretty cool concept, just everything is round.