{"id":499970,"date":"2010-04-01T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864176.post-2216863326232444816"},"modified":"2010-04-01T06:55:03","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T10:55:03","slug":"people-powered-skyscraper-to-claim-new-%e2%80%9cworld%e2%80%99s-tallest%e2%80%9d-crown-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/499970","title":{"rendered":"People-Powered Skyscraper to Claim New \u201cWorld\u2019s Tallest\u201d Crown in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Inhabitat reports that Dubai is looking to break its own &#8220;world&#8217;s tallest building&#8221; mark with a novel new design more in keeping with their straitened financial circumstances &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/2010\/04\/01\/people-powered-skyscraper-to-claim-new-worlds-tallest-crown-in-dubai\/\">People-Powered Skyscraper to Claim New \u201cWorld\u2019s Tallest\u201d Crown in Dubai<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s been just three months since the Burj Khalifa took the title of \u201cworld\u2019s tallest building\u201d, and already the shifting sands of Dubai  have spawned a successor! A paragon of modern architecture, the iconic ICARUS tower is currently soaring towards the sky to become the next \u201cWorld\u2019s Tallest Building\u201d. Designed by Daedalus Architects, the timeless skyscraper blends seamlessly into its surrounding environment and harnesses a nearly inexhaustible resource to provide for 100%  of it\u2019s energy needs: human labor.<\/p>\n<p>An unforgettable structure sure to inspire emotion, the ICARUS tower is currently aiming for LEED Platinum certification. The entire surface of the building\u2019s envelope is decked out in a new breed of hyper-efficient solar cells and the roof features a sophisticated rainwater catchment system that will harvest water from the region\u2019s frequent downpours.<\/p>\n<p>The skyscraper is expected to create thousands of new construction jobs, many of which will continue as indentured employment opportunities in the building\u2019s engine room. The skyscraper\u2019s on-site power plant is powered a sophisticated system of levers, pulleys and counterbalances  that produce enough human-generated kinetic energy to illuminate the structure\u2019s 100,000,000 LEDs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/2010\/04\/01\/people-powered-skyscraper-to-claim-new-worlds-tallest-crown-in-dubai\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.inhabitat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/icarus-tower.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-2189376323632485\";\n\/* 728x90, created 5\/18\/08 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3866831776\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 728;\ngoogle_ad_height = 90;\n\/\/-->\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\n<\/script><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/9864176-2216863326232444816?l=peakenergy.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NUZ2A9Z4yYBDxmDlSqjsQddFNRc\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NUZ2A9Z4yYBDxmDlSqjsQddFNRc\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NUZ2A9Z4yYBDxmDlSqjsQddFNRc\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/NUZ2A9Z4yYBDxmDlSqjsQddFNRc\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inhabitat reports that Dubai is looking to break its own &#8220;world&#8217;s tallest building&#8221; mark with a novel new design more in keeping with their straitened financial circumstances &#8211; People-Powered Skyscraper to Claim New \u201cWorld\u2019s Tallest\u201d Crown in Dubai. It\u2019s been just three months since the Burj Khalifa took the title of \u201cworld\u2019s tallest building\u201d, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":763,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/763"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}