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Old Posted Feb 24, 2012, 4:45 PM
Andrew.Messios Andrew.Messios is offline
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Swaying Skyscrapers

Hi all,

I've been researching the Burj Khalifa recently for a documentary, and as part of the process I looked at how the design of the Burj "confuses the wind" passing it, so it is more resillient to lateral wind forces. It's all very interesting.

At the moment I'm looking for a counter-example i.e. a building that does get affected by the wind i.e. it sways and makes people feel sick, or it has fallen over completely. The only example I can find so far is from an msnbc.com article which tells me that 725 fifth avenue, NYC (before it became Trump Tower), used to make people "sicker than a rollercoaster" before it was fixed. I'm looking for examples on these lines.

I'd really appreciate any information you could give me.

Thanks,
Andrew
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