{"id":35548,"date":"2017-03-23T18:22:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T01:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/new-u-shaped-skyscraper-in-nyc-could-become-worlds-longest-building"},"modified":"2017-04-24T18:44:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T01:44:17","slug":"new-u-shaped-skyscraper-in-nyc-could-become-worlds-longest-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/new-u-shaped-skyscraper-in-nyc-could-become-worlds-longest-building","title":{"rendered":"New U-Shaped Skyscraper in NYC Could Become World\u2019s Longest Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-right: 20px\"><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-u-shaped-skyscraper-in-nyc-could-become-worlds-longest-building.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe the only way isn\u2019t up after all: newly released concept drawings by a Greek architect for a skyscraper in Manhattan bend more than just minds.<\/p>\n<p>According to architect Ioannis Oikonomou, New York\u2019s zoning laws are prompting developers to explore new ways to maximize a building\u2019s height. To that end, his studio is exploring substituting height with length.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from being a novel addition to Manhattan\u2019s impressive skyline, the structure \u2014 dubbed The Beg Bend \u2014 could essentially become a viable architectural solution that addresses the height limitations of buildings in the city. It could even be an answer to the city\u2019s expensive housing \u2014 giving the building the prestige of a high-rise while maximizing the limited space.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/futurism.com\/new-u-shaped-skyscraper-in-nyc-could-become-worlds-longest-building\/\">https:\/\/futurism.com\/new-u-shaped-skyscraper-in-nyc-could-be...-building\/<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe the only way isn\u2019t up after all: newly released concept drawings by a Greek architect for a skyscraper in Manhattan bend more than just minds. According to architect Ioannis Oikonomou, New York\u2019s zoning laws are prompting developers to explore new ways to maximize a building\u2019s height. To that end, his studio is exploring substituting [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-habitats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35548"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48425,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35548\/revisions\/48425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}