Floor plate for a multi-story building

A multi-story building, comprising:

• a vertical support core disposed on a foundation, and a plurality of liftable floor plates slidably disposed on the vertical support core;
• wherein the vertical support core includes:
• a plurality of vertically-oriented columns disposed at corners of the vertical support core,
• a plurality of vertically-oriented shear walls disposed between adjacent ones of the corners of the vertical support core, and
• a plurality of vertically-oriented first slots, wherein each of the first slots is formed between adjacent ones of the columns disposed at the corners of the vertical support core;
• and
• wherein each of the plurality of liftable floor plates includes first and second girders, a plurality of lateral framing members, a plurality of diagonal framing members, and a plurality of spandrels disposed at an outer periphery of the floor plate;
• wherein the lateral framing members are disposed transverse to the first and second girders of the floor plate;
• wherein the diagonal framing members are disposed diagonally in relation to the lateral framing members and the first and second girders of the floor plate;
• and
• wherein the diagonal framing members extend through the first slots in the vertical support core and extend to one of the spandrels disposed at the outer periphery of the floor plate.