How is the first floor of a 100 story building able to hold all that weight?

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How is the first floor of a 100 story building able to hold all that weight?

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Just want to add thst believe it or not the weight isn’t even the largest force a tall building has to contend with. The horizontal forces experienced during high winds are actually stronger than the force of gravity acting on a building.

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