Suite Vollard
Curitiba, Brazil
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The Suite Vollard in Curitiba, Brazil, is a pioneering futurist residential building and the world's first spinning structure. Designed by architect Bruno de Franco and constructed by Moro Construções Civis LTDA and Fritz Georg Gehbauer, it opened in 2001 in the Ecoville District. The building's 11 primary residential floors can rotate independently clockwise or counter-clockwise, with each rotation taking approximately an hour to complete a full 360-degree turn. The façade features double-layered tinted glass in silver, gold, and blue, creating a spectacular visual effect as the rotating floors shift the building's appearance. The lower floors house an executive center, while individual apartments sell for $400,000. Named after Pablo Picasso's celebrated Vollard Suite of etchings, which were displayed during the building's inauguration, the structure has become iconic in Curitiba and served as a data-gathering case study for over thirty Brazilian companies and one in Germany.
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