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The Inquiry: Can We Quake-Proof A City?
Architect David Malott on his plan for a mile-high quake-resistant building.
Architect David Malott has designed some of the world’s tallest buildings. In this excerpt from The Inquiry, he explains his plan to build a mile-high tower in Tokyo – an earthquake zone. He says tall towers are safer in an earthquake than single-storey dwellings. This extract includes audio from a visualisation of earthquakes in Japan by Solarwatcher.net.
(Photo: Japan's highest mountain Mount Fuji is seen behind the skyline of the Shinjuku, Tokyo at sunset)
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