ArchitectureWeek - Puzzler Question #410

Quiz . 07 January 2009


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Architecture Puzzler #410

In considering the impact on buildings, we generally think of earthquakes as having a greater direct effect on a building that has a short period of vibration. What size and type of building would generally have a short period of vibration?

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Base isolation is one approach to seismic retrofitting of older buildings, such as the Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center in Berkeley, California.
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