Friends,the Chicago Spire is one of the coolest looking buildings in the world, and it’s also one of the tallest. This swirling skyscraper will stand approximately 2,000ft tall, more than 500ft higher than the Sears Tower, when construction is completed in 2011. It will be North America’s tallest building, and the world’s tallest all-residential building. The Chicago Spire will sit on the shore of Lake Michigan near the famous Navy Pier in Chicago. This tower will house 1,193 condominiums within the building’s 150 stories. The 10,293 square foot penthouse condo at the top of the Chicago Spire is reportedly for sale right now for a cool $40 million while other less-expensive condos are on sale for $750,000. Each story of the Chicago Spire will rotate exactly 2.44 degrees from the one beneath it, which will total 360 degrees. The corkscrew design of this building does more than just look cool, it also helps minimise wind forces on the structure, which is important, considering that Chicago is the windy city.
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