The world’s brightest engineering minds came together with one mission — build a tower strong enough to survive an earthquake. It wasn’t just a contest for a trophy. Each team set out to design structures that could stand up to the same forces that bring real cities down. Using cutting-edge modeling, laser-cut materials, and base-isolation systems, they built scale-model skyscrapers ready for the ultimate test. When placed on a massive shake table that mimicked real seismic waves, every tremor t