On the Dallas Cowboys site, there are some nice photos of the recently completed Cowboys Stadium. The one billion dollar structure is now the largest and most expensive stadium in the NFL.
Late last year, I was invited to The University of Iowa for a few days — while there, I was introduced to the School of Art and Art History building that was completed in 2006. Unfortunately at the time of my visit, this building and several others were closed and off-limits due to severe flooding that ravaged the university campus.
Flooding aside, the building is an impressive feat of architecture designed by the firm Steven Holl Architects. The link provided goes directly to the School of Art and Art History building, but if you have a few minutes to explore, much of their additional work is quite impressive as well.
An architectural structure with a rotating platform or restaurant is unique, but not an entirely new idea. A skyscraper in motion, however, seems closer to science fiction, than reality. Architect David Fisher is proposing an 80-story high-rise that has the ability to rotate each level independently. This would allow for an entire building’s movements to be choreographed, and would bring a sense of motion to an otherwise static skyline.
It gives me a warm fuzzy feeling to know that my very own, highly-progressive state of Ohio should be breaking ground on their very first rotating skyscraper roughly around 2065 — give or take 30 years. Really, I kid because I care.
