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A plurality of modules (66) are connected together to define a multi-story annular building (10) of honeycomb cells (C). The cells (C) of the building are hexagonal in cross section and taper horizontally as they extend radially inwardly. A turntable/elevator (36) is located in a shaft opening at or

A plurality of modules (66) are connected together to define a multi-story annular building (10) of honeycomb cells (C). The cells (C) of the building are hexagonal in cross section and taper horizontally as they extend radially inwardly. A turntable/elevator (36) is located in a shaft opening at or near the center of the building (10). A tunnel (48) extends through a side of the building (10). The building includes flotation cells at its bottom, some of which are air tight. Water is pumped into and out from the others, for regulating the vertical position of the building (10) in a body of water. An annular ring (66) of flotation material extends about the building (10) immediately below the water line. Each cell (C) is reinforced by a reinforcing ring (R1) extending about the girth of the cell (C). The rings (R1) are connected together vertically and horizontally to form a wall (RW1) of rings constituting a basic skeletal part of the building (10).

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In a building, a cell construction, comprising: wall means defining a hexahedral building cell which narrows in width from a first end to a second end, said wall means comprising a pair of spaced apart vertical sidewalls which converge together from the first to the second end of the cell, said wall

In a building, a cell construction, comprising: wall means defining a hexahedral building cell which narrows in width from a first end to a second end, said wall means comprising a pair of spaced apart vertical sidewalls which converge together from the first to the second end of the cell, said wall means further including a pair of top sections which slope upwardly and inwardly from the sidewalls of the cell to an apex whereat they are connected together, a pair of bottom sections which slope downwardly and inwardly from the sidewalls of the cell to a valley whereat they are connected together, each said vertical sidewall including an inboard end located between the first and second ends of the cell, and said wall means defining an upper and a lower cantilever beam on each side of the cell, each projecting from the inboard end boundary of a vertical sidewall towards the second end of the cell, with the regions located vertically between the upper and lower cantilever beams and horizontally between the inboard ends of the vertical sidewalls and the second end of the cell being open regions in the vertical sidewalls.