I don’t know how feasible the idea of a single-
story -storey skyscraper with one continuous corridor is, but it’s fascinating to think about. The building would be built in a spiral. If you walked around the spiral once, you’d be a level above or below where you started, taking neither stairs nor elevator. http://absidea.free.fr/wordpress/index.php/helix-a-1d-skyscraper-with-a-single-corridor/ -via
Reddit
*ahem*...
and in case of fire they'll provide escape-bobsleigh!
http://posthegemony.blogspot.com/2007/04/mall.html
I was only in the building one time, so don't remember much about it, but it was frustrating trying to figure out what floor I was on and where the classroom was. That was probably less a design problem than a labeling problem though, I suppose.
I actually came here to post about the Seattle Public Library, but I see I was beaten to the punch.
"How feasible is this: a website that has posted stories and you can write comments on them!"
From the page:
"A small issue: Those who are good with numbers will immediately notice that the distance to walk from the ground office to the top office at 36,000 degrees (therefore an equivalent of 100 storeys) is 20 kilometers (twelve miles)."
Why, that hardly even bears mentioning.
We did that in Denmark 370 years ago
http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/facts_om_rundetaarn.htm
:o)
And it is spelled "storey" as in "second storey". But it can also be "story".
And if you thought that was confusing, in Italian it's spelled "piano".
PS This was a skit on Monty Python were the model breaks and the building leans {think Pisa tower} at a tilt then catches fire. Still better than the building kept up by hypnosis.