Structural Integrity
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The Unusual City Corp Centre
City Corp Centre is one of the world's most innovative skyscraper designs. LeMezure had never run numbers on what cornering winds would do to the building because normally buildings are strongest at their corners. Supporting columns shifted to the midpoint of each building face, the chevron bracing skeleton and an unusually light mass all left City Corp Centre particularly vulnerable when hit by quartering winds.
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