Saturday, November 21, 2009

World's largest earthquake-safe building...

is now open at Instanbul's airport:
"Stretching across more than 2 million square feet, the terminal doesn’t sit directly on the soil, but rather on more than 300 isolators, bearings that can move side-to-side during an earthquake. The whole building moves as a single unit, which prevents damage from uneven forces acting on the structure."

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