Architecture idea: a skyscraper with a single floor. See also the tower to be built in Dubai where every floor rotates.
Things Magazine reports on The Pentominium, a 1670-foot luxury residential building planned for construction in Dubai. "The building's concept (penthouse + condominium, you see) means that each apartment spans an entire floor, meaning that chance meetings with the other occupants, save in the blinding lobby areas, are out of the question."
Dubai is the fastest growing city on earth and wants to be the most important place on the planet, "what London was to the 19th century and Manhattan to the 20th".
There's a new indoor skiing area in Dubai the size of 3 football (soccer) fields. Photos here and official site here. Dubai is the new Las Vegas.
