I packed my bag, took several maps and a large canteen of water, and headed out west…..to Mississauga.
It’s a thriving little city centre they’ve got out there!
And they have one thing that Toronto doesn’t have: a one-of-a-kind condominium…
Here is the condo I was thinking of:
It’s just your standard, run-of-the-mill rotating condominium.
If you didn’t know better, would you just assume that this condo could only exist in Dubai?
Each of the 68 floors can rotate independently of the other floors, meaning that each owner can move his floor as he sees fit. For all the environmentalists out there, don’t worry – some of the energy used to needlessly rotate floors for bored, rich people is going come from wind turbines and solar power.
I kind of feel like the condo in Mississauga was designed to look like the condo in Dubai, only most Canadian residents probably don’t feel the need to have their entire floor rotate for essentially no reason…
So what’s next for Mississauga real estate? How about something like this:
The Curve is also in Dubai, and there is probably no shortage of Sheiks who live in the “hip, the “neck,” or the “ankle” of this shapely building!
For an awesome read on Dubai’s real estate and economy with no shortage of sarcasm, click here.
dogbiskit
at 7:24 pm
I love this building. Why we don’t get some crazy architecture new build like that in Toronto is beyond me.
Adam
at 6:58 am
@ dogbiskit
I guess we don’t get that because Concord is building many of them! Plus the fact that people just seem to buy whatever developers build. It’s probably cheaper to pour money into marketing and hype than to the architecture design. But that’s just my opinion, I’m definitely no expert.
Craig
at 10:54 am
The value of original design in determining a building’s success/popularity is proven the world over. Creating a landmark building that breaks the mould would instantly sell out and increase it’s value over competing projects. Developers don’t seem to see this and are more concerned with turning a fast buck by going the cheap route by opting for generic architectural design.
Buyers should be just as concerned about the design of a building’s exterior as they are about the type of lay-out and finishes inside the units themselves. They’ll get a better investment return on a building that people can immediately identify and admire than they will over some bland glass box.
earth mother
at 4:13 pm
Curb appeal — whether a house or a building — is always important!
BobbyV
at 10:54 pm
Mississauga have a lot of potential in the next 10 years with the number of corporations moving in due to cheaper rents. If they can get their heads together and turn the Square One area into a pedestrian friendly downtown core (As per their city plans) then we have one of the best cities in Canada here.