Tall Building: The Shuffle Tower in Dubai

At first I thought the "Shuffle" referred to a building that would change shape like Legos in a 10-year-old hands.  Not the case.  Instead, the "Shuffle" refers to the strange collection of parts found in this building.  Really?  Yeah.... really.  Anticlimactic.

Here's another computer rendering, this time at night:

There are three layers to this building.  The top one is a residential tower that reminds me of Tupperware.  Beneath that is an office tower that squats beneath the Tupperware's arse.  Beneath both of them, there's a mall that will probably sell desk-size replicas of the very Shuffle Tower... dipped in gold.

Now, you'll see a couple of floating platforms beneath the Tupperware tower.  Those are communal sky gardens which just might be sassy as heck. 

For the final touch, I quote architect James Law Cybertecture's website.  The Shuffle Tower's buildings are mechanically jacked, "allowing the twisting angle between the office tower and the residents tower to change over time, affording different views over the seasons."  Umm... I think I need a video to understand this.

Either way, I find this a sassy, sassy building.  Even though it sits at a measly 35-floors, it, like the Full Moon and Caspian Plus, seems to qualify for a Tall Building post.  Here are some more photos, then a list of Dubai building projects that have also been covered on HAWTaction [hot ak-shuhn].