Greek Architecture Firm Designs World’s First U-Shaped Skyscraper For NYC

Oiio Studio, founded by Ioannis Oikonomou, is a Greek architecture firm based in both New York and Athens. It has sparked global interest with their state-of-the-art design of the Big Bend, the world’s first U-shaped skyscraper.

 

If and when it will be built, it will span over 4,000 feet long which is almost twice as long as Burj Khalifa, standing at 2,722 feet tall.The Big Bend could be the world’s longest continual building and would forever change the architectural landscape of New York.

Oiio Studio also noted the challenges with the proposed project, one of the biggest being the curvature of the building and how an elevator would function to allow people transportation to the top floors.

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Photo Credit: Oiio Studio