How about a building which rests on screw-like pillars which sit in a motorized shaft, with the pillar extending from the structure down into the ground.<p>The tops of the pillars would be accessible from inside the building.<p>When you want the building "height" to increase, you install another notch to each pillar and set the system to climb it's way up (or even down) a notch.<p>Such a structure would be "drift" proof.<p><pre><code> .______________________.
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Is this the concept alluded to but not addressed directly in TFA? A quick web search didn't turn up any information for me.