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--- title: The design tricks that keep skyscrapers from swaying — HIGH T3CH url: https://hight3ch.com/the-design-tricks-that-keep-skyscrapers-from-swaying/ date: 2019-03-15 --- # The design tricks that keep skyscrapers from swaying Skyscrapers are getting skinnier: As cities get denser, architects are designing builders that are taller and taller on smaller and smaller lots. And that poses one big problem: How do you keep them from swaying in the wind? Behind some of the most iconic shapes on our skylines is a secret design language of architectural tricks —twists, holes, and setbacks— that keep buildings still.