I had found two revolving buildings– a private home that spun in California and a revolving apartment building in Brazil. Then I discovered a revolving residential tower planned in Dubai. (see below)
Well, I just found another:
Villa Girasole (”Sunflower”), located in Marcellise, Italy (near Verona).
This amazing revolving house was built between 1929 and 1935 by engineer Angelo Invernizzi and architect Ettore Fagiuoli. The idea was to create a home to follow the motion of the sun (a sort of permanent southern exposure). A diesel engine pushes the 1500 ton house slowly over circular tracks. (it takes over 9 hours to fully rotate).
Villa Girasole is currently owned by the Invernizzi Foundation and the Architecture Academy of Mendrisio (Switzerland).
A view of Villa Girasole from Google Earth:
Source: Deputydog.
Other Spinners:
Suite Vollard (Brazil)
Other unusual architectural posts.
