# Do buildings fall over?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buildings-fall-over/77098>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 20, 2001, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buildings-fall-over/77098 "2001-08-20T05:04:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buildings-fall-over/77098/21 "2017-11-19T05:27:39Z")

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Watch this space for updates on The Leaning Tower of Pisa.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buildings-fall-over/77098/22 "2017-11-19T13:53:23Z")

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As one of my friends in the building trade is fond of saying: All structures are inherently unstable. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buildings-fall-over/77098/23 "2017-11-20T04:38:09Z")

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I recall seeing photos of a maybe 6-10 apartment building atop a cliff overlooking an ocean falling over. The foundations did NOT go down to bedrock. Erosion took it down.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buildings-fall-over/77098/24 "2017-11-20T13:20:50Z")

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> [@Terminus\_Est](#):
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> Youtube didn’t exist in 2001, but if you go to the site now, you’ll see lots of videos of tall buildings falling over. Like this one in Manila: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKeENdyIluI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKeENdyIluI)

That’s the building that instantly came to mind for me. I saw it in the TV show [Destroyed in Seconds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyed_in_Seconds).

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buildings-fall-over/77098/25 "2017-11-20T14:18:32Z")

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> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Watch this space for updates on The Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Quick, somebody warn them!

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-buildings-fall-over/77098/26 "2017-11-20T16:03:46Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> Quick, somebody warn them!

[They have top men on it](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2035/2488023654_8be659dcea_z.jpg). [Top](https://previews.123rf.com/images/darios/darios1310/darios131000134/22808542-beautiful-attractive-brunette-tourist-girl-holding-leaning-tower-in-pisa-italy-Stock-Photo.jpg). [(wo)Men](https://www.myadventuretravel.com/sites/myadventurestore.com/files/adventure-blog/files/2015/03/shutterstock_94938877.jpg).

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