The race to build the world's most spectacular skyscraper has reached new heights - and taken a turn in direction.
建造世界上最壮观摩天大楼的竞赛又达到了新高度，并且还有方向上的转变。
Designs for 'The Big Bend', a slender tower that would transform Manhattan's skyline, have been unveiled.
“大弯拱”是一座细长的塔楼，它可能会给曼哈顿的天际线带来很大改变，这一设计最近刚刚公诸于世。
Described as the 'longest building in the world', the project's concept drawings reveal a skyscraper reaching an apex then curving back down. And featuring an elevator system that can travel in curves.
这座塔楼被认为是“世界上最长的建筑”，该项目的构图展示了一栋冲入云霄并在最高处折回的摩天大楼。此外还绘制了一个可以转弯的电梯系统。

In a bid to work around the challenges of New York's zoning laws, design studio Oiio has imagined an innovative concept to straddle Billionaire's Row on 57th Street.
在一次变相挑战纽约城市分区法的竞标中，Oiio设计工作室想出了一个创造性的想法，建造一座横跨57号街亿万富翁街的建筑。
The studio explained: 'New York city's zoning laws have created a peculiar set of tricks through which developers try to maximise their property's height in order to infuse it with the prestige of a high rise structure. But what if we substituted height with length? What if our buildings were long instead of tall?'
该工作室解释道：“纽约的分区法已经带来了一系列的独特的技巧，通过这些技巧，建造者们努力将建筑的高度最大化，借此使建筑能拥有摩天大楼的名声。但如果我们用长度代替高度呢？如果我们的建筑是因长而非高而闻名呢？”
'If we manage to bend our structure instead of bending the zoning rules of New York we would be able to create one of the most prestigious buildings in Manhattan. The longest building in the world.'
“如果我们把我们的大楼弯曲，而不是向分区法低头，我们就可以使我们的建筑成为曼哈顿最著名的建筑之一。同时它也是世界上最长的建筑。”
Stretching 4,000ft-long, the glass-lined tower would need to feature an elevator that goes far beyond all current designs.
此外，这座长达4000英尺的玻璃建筑也需要一套远超出目前设计水平的电梯系统。