Russian architect designs Cobra-like tower

A Russian architect has designed a skyscraper shaped like a cobra, predicting that his snake-like tower to be built in a prominent Middle Eastern city, daily mailonline reported on Tuesday.

The majestic design features a round base to appear like a serpent’s body, as well as an open-mouthed head, set to house a terraced ‘restaurant or nightclub’.

The aptly named ‘Asian Cobra Tower’ has been designed by Monaco-based architect Vasily Klyukin, from Moscow.

Mr has designed the cobra tower which features a round ‘serpent’s body’ base, and an open-mouthed head, set to house a terraced ‘restaurant or nightclub’.

The businessman and former banker claims his work is ‘predicting the future’, and his past creations have included yachts with detachable jets.

The designer believes his snake tower would most likely entice developers in cities in the Middle East and Asia, where snakes are reportedly seen as a sign of wisdom.

‘In Japan telling someone that he is a snake means a compliment. In China snakes and dragons often mean the same,’ Mr Klyukin explains.

Included in the designs for the black and gold snake are changeable lights that run right up the structure, and a diamond pattern on the back to reflect Ying and Yang.

Mr Klyukin said: ‘These buildings rise up proudly in columns looking over cities or stand alone in the landscape.

‘Either way, skyscrapers grab our attention and awaken our consciousness, inspiring some and irritating others.

‘These rising towers have changed cityscapes around the world and have become the clearest reflection of cultural and economic progress in the twentieth century.

‘At times, it is skyscrapers that dictate the style of business regions and even whole cities.

‘Tourists, fascinated, would look at this immense cobra, its jaws serving a terrace would be a restaurant or a night club and its body could contain offices or apartments.’