Design
Please Let Tulsa Get This Tornado-Shaped Museum
The proposed structure would appear to revolve like a roaring, god's-honest twister.
You'd think denizens of Tornado Alley wouldn't need another reminder their homes could be blown away any given moment. Yet here it is: a proposed museum that looks like a god-almighty twister frozen in place.
The electrifying edifice is the work of Oklahoma's Kinslow, Keith & Todd, who designed it for a magazine story about reimagining downtown Tulsa. The architects would build it over an old parking garage and jam its floors with a weather museum, severe-storms laboratory, and leafy, outdoor terraces. There would be a revolving restaurant on top, fittingly, and animated lighting would give the impression the facade is slowly spinning.