American high-rises are typically built with a concrete core that resists most of the seismic forces of an earthquake.
Japanese high-rise construction commonly uses a grid of steel beams and columns that evenly distributes seismic forces across the structure and diagonal dampers that serve as shock absorbers.
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- Buildings Can Be Designed to Withstand Earthquakes. Why Doesn’t the U.S. Build More of Them?, Saturday, August 3, 2019 - 12:00