Earthquake Proof!

 

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Diagram of Taipei 101's earthquake ball via the
Long Now Foundation and  the 728-ton damper in Taipei 101, photographed by ~Wei~ . Animated model of the pendulum inside the damper, and how it works.

 

Building Big

Faultline: Seismic Science at the Faultline

Inhabitat World's Largest Earthquake-Proof Building Completed

How to Earthquake-Proof a Building – Neatorama

How earthquakes happen this cool site has an animation showing the earthquake taking place.

 

The world’s biggest earthquake proof building is Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen Airport