NEW YORK — There’s a bizarre new plan for what could be the world’s tallest building, and it’s literally out of this world. Instead of being built from the ground up, this futuristic skyscraper will be hanging down from the heavens. Analemma Tower is the brainchild of New York City-based Clouds Architecture Office. On their website, the firm details a mind-bending proposal for a tower suspended via cables from an asteroid that’s been repositioned to orbit the earth. The wandering skyscraper would be in a geosynchronous orbit, tracing a figure-8 path on its daily loop across the Northern and Southern hemispheres. The proposal calls for the tower to be constructed in Dubai, where, according to Clouds Architecture, construction costs are one-fifth of those in New York. Once completed, the massive structure will then be taken to New York via orbital transfer. With the upper part of Analemma constantly exposed to sunlight, power can be harnessed by space-based solar panels, while water can be filtered and recycled. Residential units will be placed two-thirds of the way up, with lower floors reserved for business and entertainment use. The plans don’t specify how to get on and off the property, but illustrations suggest people would do so via parachutes. With such an outrageous proposal, there’s no telling when, or if, the hanging tower will ever make it to the real world. ----------------------------------------­----------------------------------------­---------------- Go to https://www.patreon.com/tomonews and become a Patron now TomoNews is now on Patreon and we've got some cool perks for our hardcore fans. TomoNews is your best source for real news. We cover the funniest, craziest and most talked-about stories on the internet. Our tone is irreverent and unapologetic. If you’re laughing, we’re laughing. If you’re outraged, we’re outraged. We tell it like it is. And because we can animate stories, TomoNews brings you news like you’ve never seen before. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.com Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Get top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletter See a story that should be animated? Tell us about it! Suggest a story here: http://bit.ly/suggest-tomonews Stay connected with us here: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TomoNewsUS Twitter @tomonewsus http://www.twitter.com/TomoNewsUS Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus http://instagram.com/tomonewsus

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