A horseshoe-shaped skyscraper that curves back to scrape the ground. Dizzying top-heavy buildings that seem to defy gravity. And Amazon's plan for a 'poop emoji' HQ.
Architecture firms have proposed an incredible array of bewildering 'statement buildings' for cities across the US - striving for, as one architecture professor put, 'a shot of true beauty, and maybe a bit of nonsense.' Some designers want to make a name for themselves with an ostentatious pitch that goes viral like a 60-story, city-long snake or a 'bat cave' lair. Promising to be the 'longest building in the world' at 4,000-feet long, Oiio Studio's 'The Big Bend' (pictured) would sit right near Central Park along Billionaire's Row in Manhattan Others are hoping to provoke city planners and the public into rethinking what buildings ought to be, reimaging how homes and offices can be more responsible and sustainable, like eco-friendly bendable concrete and high-rise urban farms.
Here are six of the most unbelievable, reality-bending architectural plans on offer for construction in America's cities. The Big Bend - Manhattan, NY Promising to be the 'longest building in the world' at 4,000-feet long, Oiio Studio's 'The Big Bend' would sit right near Central Park along Billionaire's Row in Manhattan. The studio billed their plans as a canny strategy to break architectural records without lobbying to rewrite New York's strict laws on maximum construction heights.
'If we manage to bend our structure instead of bending t.
