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Life's a whirl in Brazilian apartment block

Feel like you need to turn your life around? Then a new apartment building in the Brazilian city of Curitiba could be for you.
New building in southern Brazil with apartments that rotate independently
The brand new Suite Vollard building stands in the Ecoville neighborhood of the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba on the day the apartments went on sale for $300,000 each, Dec. 16.Reuters
/ Source: Reuters

Feel like you need to turn your life around? Then a new apartment building in the Brazilian city of Curitiba could be for you.

Each floor in the 11-story building can revolve independently 360 degrees to the left or to the right.

“This is the only building in the world in which each apartment can spin individually,” said Joao Carlos Peters, marketing director at the Moro construction company.

The project took 10 years to complete and the suites, which each occupy an entire floor of the circular building, went on sale Thursday for $300,000.

New building in southern Brazil with apartments that rotate independently
A control panel is seen inside one of the apartments of the brand new Suite Vollard building, in the Ecoville neighborhood of the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba on the day the apartments went on sale for $300,000 each, December 16, 2004. The 11-story apartment block is touted by its creators as the world's only building in which each 300-square-meter apartment can revolve independently, spinning 360 degrees to the left or to the right and can be activated by voice commands. REUTERS/strX80002

“This is really a work of art because this was based on an entirely new concept of living,” Peters said.

Spinning in the high-tech building is activated by voice commands. It takes an hour for each 3,000-square-foot apartment to complete one rotation.

“You can’t have it spin any faster because you need the turning to be subtle,” Peters said.