[Greenbuilding] cars have suspension systems, why don't houses in earthquake zones? Or do some?

[natural building]

I'm constructing a 1000 sf rammed earth / post and beam / strawbale infill / living roof building on Vancouver Island which lies above the Cascadia Fault and it will be mounted on a rubble trench (much favoured by Frank Lloyd Wright) for this very reason, to (partially) isolate the building from seismic acceleration.

See: www.natualbuildingsite.net

Regards,
Steve Satow

www.naturalbuildingsite.net
naturalbuilding at shaw.ca

On 2011-09-01, at 4:32 PM, Reuben Deumling wrote:

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