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Old Posted Jun 6, 2018, 5:29 PM
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Edit: Oops, this was just posted. I should have looked a few posts up ha.

The Engineering Behind Vista Tower's Unique Shape: Stacked Frustums Create Chicago’s Newest Super-Tall Tower

Saw that ^ on Reddit. (Sorry if it has already been posted). I thought it was very interesting. It discuses the reason for the design change to include the wind break floor among other things.



Liquid damper layout



Shear wall plan
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