Building
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A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and often windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes
Skyscrapers under construction in Kalasatama, Helsinki, Finland (2021)
A timber-framed house in Marburg, Germany
Ishtar gate in Pergamon museum in Berlin
Philae temple at night
Earthquake engineering
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Earthquake engineering is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering that designs and analyzes structures, such as buildings and bridges, with earthquakes in mind. Its overall goal is to make such str
Shake-table crash testing of a regular building model (left) and a base-isolated building model (right) at UCSD
Tokyo Skytree, equipped with a tuned mass damper, is the world's tallest tower and is the world's third tallest structure.
Snapshot from shake-table video of a 6-story non-ductile concrete building destructive testing
Shake-table testing of Friction Pendulum Bearings at EERC