Is this the iPad?

Ok, so no sooner do we post up Archpartners' concept for what the "iPad" might look like than a tipster writes in to lets us know that Fscklog has what is supposedly an "official" rendering of the world's first (and hopefully last) iPod-inspired building. It's hard to tell for sure whether this is James Law Cybertecture International's final design for the building or just another concept, but one thing we do know is that this latest version looks like it's a little more Tetris-inspired than iPod-inspired.

[byaah @ Dec 25th 2006 8:59PM]

As corny as I thought the actual iPod rendition was, I'm almost sad that it might not actually look like that.

[Hal @ Dec 25th 2006 11:30PM]

I hope they don't make the buildings lean like an iPod in it's dock. I would feel uneasy in a building like that no matter how confident the engineers are.

[DM @ Dec 25th 2006 11:17PM]

Yawn. Another post about iPod inspired buildings. Lame. Wake me up when it's over. Zzzzzz.

[Peeaanuut @ Dec 26th 2006 8:48AM]

I still have to ask why? what is the point? Do people really want to say, "hey! I live in an iPod". Next there will be a Zune building that is aware of other zune buildings, of which there are none. But if there were other Zune buildings would anyone care? Does the iPod building block out any kind of bluetooth signal?

[Moh Jamal @ Dec 26th 2006 5:47AM]

Cool pic, stupid idea lol

found some more pics here...

http://www.thedubailife.com/index.php/main/blog/ipad_tower_in_pictures

[tekdroid @ Dec 26th 2006 1:29AM]

dopi concept?

[Robert @ Dec 26th 2006 2:19AM]

This is the final design as they already displayed a model at the Cityscape expo in Dubai.

Here's the link I posted in the other topic with pictures of the model:

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=423124

[Daryl @ Dec 26th 2006 3:37AM]

For some reason, when I look at this building I think Nokia and their batteries.

[Adrian Williams @ Dec 26th 2006 12:29PM]

@Daryl
I agree 100%

[Intrepid @ Dec 26th 2006 9:48PM]

Lame attempt at publicity - by the time it's done the iPod might be another display in the museum of fads.

[010111 @ Dec 26th 2006 8:54AM]

the shapes on the surface sorta remind me of the nokia fashion phones honestly. all the rounded rects and all. like the 7280 7270 etc.

[Lt_Ladle @ Dec 27th 2006 11:24PM]

tron towers?