How This Tower Barely Touches the Ground

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This building looks like it has no business staying upright. Technically its one of the skinniest skyscrapers in the world. At fifty stories tall, it only touches down on a base is 35 (11m) feet wide. This is 150 N. Riverside in Chicago and in this video we explore the engineering for why this building doesn't' fall over and why it looks this way in the first place. We talk with the building's architect and get a tour of this amazing structure.

Architect: https://www.gpchicago.com/
Client: https://riversideid.com/
Structural Engineer: https://www.mka.com/

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