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Has any skyscraper actually just tipped over?

galleywest200 2y ago
Not that I can see, but the Citicorp Center in NYC could have if not for emergency actions that were taken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicorp_Center_engineering_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicorp_Center_engineering_cr...
- toomuchtodo 2y ago
  Related: A skyscraper that could have toppled over in the wind (1995) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37684604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37684604 - Sep 2023 (21 comments)
- dieselgate 2y ago
  The whole welding vs bolting consideration is what’s most interesting to me. I’m still in awe the space needle is 100% bolted
greggsy 2y ago
Weiguan Jinlong is the best example, assuming we consider 17 stories to be a skyscraper. https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/19/2003639727 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/19/...
crznp 2y ago
Are you not counting the Surfside (Miami) condo collapse? Also since it talked about the leaning tower of Pisa: the Civic tower in Pavia (1989) and original Campanile in Venice (1902), probably more examples like that.
- acaloiar 2y ago
  At 12 floors, the Champlain Towers South in Surfside would generally not be considered a skyscraper.
- walrus01 2y ago
  Approximately the same size of residential structure, a condo tower in Islamabad Pakistan collapsed in an earthquake in 2005. The earthquake didn't collapse any other condos in the same city, it wasn't an extremely severe one, the fault was with deficiencies in the structural engineering and construction. https://www.google.com/search?q=margalla+towers+islamabad+collapse&num=10&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=6ab7d84a2dba9de5&udm=2&biw=1680&bih=941&sxsrf=AHTn8zpRZpzzdW6yTYea8RtXBDyp_kSu2A%3A1739040525838&ei=DaenZ9fpMput0PEPwK6KmQo&ved=0ahUKEwiXpKvm3rSLAxWbFjQIHUCXIqMQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=margalla+towers+islamabad+collapse&gs_lp=EgNpbWciIm1hcmdhbGxhIHRvd2VycyBpc2xhbWFiYWQgY29sbGFwc2VI-ApQ7QJYiQpwAXgAkAEAmAGyAaABygeqAQMwLje4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgKgAr0BwgIFEAAYgATCAgQQABgemAMAiAYBkgcDMS4xoAerAw&sclient=img https://www.google.com/search?q=margalla+towers+islamabad+co...

Not that I can see, but the Citicorp Center in NYC could have if not for emergency actions that were taken https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicorp_Center_engineering_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citicorp_Center_engineering_cr...

toomuchtodo 2y ago
Related: A skyscraper that could have toppled over in the wind (1995) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37684604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37684604 - Sep 2023 (21 comments)
dieselgate 2y ago
The whole welding vs bolting consideration is what’s most interesting to me. I’m still in awe the space needle is 100% bolted

greggsy 2y ago

Weiguan Jinlong is the best example, assuming we consider 17 stories to be a skyscraper. https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/19/2003639727 https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2016/02/19/...

crznp 2y ago

Are you not counting the Surfside (Miami) condo collapse? Also since it talked about the leaning tower of Pisa: the Civic tower in Pavia (1989) and original Campanile in Venice (1902), probably more examples like that.

acaloiar 2y ago
At 12 floors, the Champlain Towers South in Surfside would generally not be considered a skyscraper.
walrus01 2y ago
Approximately the same size of residential structure, a condo tower in Islamabad Pakistan collapsed in an earthquake in 2005. The earthquake didn't collapse any other condos in the same city, it wasn't an extremely severe one, the fault was with deficiencies in the structural engineering and construction. https://www.google.com/search?q=margalla+towers+islamabad+collapse&num=10&client=firefox-b-d&sca_esv=6ab7d84a2dba9de5&udm=2&biw=1680&bih=941&sxsrf=AHTn8zpRZpzzdW6yTYea8RtXBDyp_kSu2A%3A1739040525838&ei=DaenZ9fpMput0PEPwK6KmQo&ved=0ahUKEwiXpKvm3rSLAxWbFjQIHUCXIqMQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=margalla+towers+islamabad+collapse&gs_lp=EgNpbWciIm1hcmdhbGxhIHRvd2VycyBpc2xhbWFiYWQgY29sbGFwc2VI-ApQ7QJYiQpwAXgAkAEAmAGyAaABygeqAQMwLje4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgKgAr0BwgIFEAAYgATCAgQQABgemAMAiAYBkgcDMS4xoAerAw&sclient=img https://www.google.com/search?q=margalla+towers+islamabad+co...