the Transamerica Pyramid could withstand an even larger seismic event. It may be a truly earthquake proof building. Japan sits in one of the most seismically active regions on the planet.

Zhang Yue, founder and chairman of Broad Sustainable Building, is not a particularly ... a classical palace and a 40-metre replica of an Egyptian pyramid. A humble man, for that matter, would ...

“The houses affected by this earthquake are required to use earthquake-resistant building standards by the Minister of Public Works and Public Housing,” he said. “These earthquakes happen ...

The building was "dancing" underneath the simulator, scientists said. Researchers have successfully simulated a high magnitude earthquake on the largest building ever tested, and the structure ...

The challenge this year was to build a 4-foot-tall, earthquake-proof tower out of cardboard ... more support here,” one member of the Bonita Building Bananas team said, pointing to the seam ...

Ruiz and Nimet Kirac from Antakya, the heart of Turkey’s earthquake-ravaged region. The building began convulsing ... Guclu Bahce, the mighty earthquake-proof complex, was among them.

“We never thought he would build a building that was not earthquake-proof,” Ms. Keskin said. It was destined to fail. Across southern Turkey, the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and a second major ...

To test whether these high rises made of timber could withstand an earthquake, the National Science Foundation funded the construction of Tallwood, a 10-story mass timber building situated on the ...