stackyFACTSWhile everyone else was building rigid towers that snapped under pressure, Japanese architects decided to go with the flow. They hung a massive central wooden pillar suspended inside their five-story structures. When tremors hit, this pendulum swings like a giant metronome to absorb the shock.
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