Earthquake, wind resistant and fire resistant pre-fabricated building panels and structures formed therefrom

A three dimensional building structure comprising:

• a) a plurality of building panels, each panel including:
• i) a plurality of frame members;
• ii) frame member connecting means for connecting together said frame members to form a frame lying in a frame plane, the frame defining a perimeter of the panel, the perimeter bounding an interior portion of the panel;
• iii) biasing means for biasing at least one of said frame members inwardly, generally in said frame plane, towards said interior portion of the panel;
• iv) a first solidified castable substance cast in said interior portion of the frame, between said frame members;
• b) panel connecting means for connecting said building panels together, the panel connecting means being operable to deform elastically under forces imposed on said panel;
• c) a plurality of connectors for co-operating with respective connecting means on each panel to secure adjacent panels together.

A hi-rise building comprising:

• a) a plurality of spaced apart vertical members aligned to lie in spaced apart vertical planes;
• b) a plurality of horizontal members connected to and extending between said vertical members to define a plurality of spaced apart horizontal planes intersecting said vertical members;
• c) a plurality of building panels disposed between said spaced apart horizontal planes, each of said panels including:
• i) a plurality of frame members;
• ii) frame member connecting means for connecting together said frame members to form a frame lying in a frame plane, the frame defining a perimeter of the panel, the perimeter bounding an interior portion of the panel;
• iii) biasing means for biasing at least one of said frame members inwardly, generally in said frame plane, towards said interior portion of the panel;
• iv) a first solidified castable substance cast in said interior portion of the frame, between said frame members and about said biasing means such that loads imposed on said solidified castable substance are transferred by said biasing means to said frame members;
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• v) connecting means for connecting said each panel to an adjacent panel, and to adjacent horizontal and vertical members;
• the panels being connected together to form a space frame including said horizontal and vertical members, said space frame defining an array of units between said spaced apart horizontal planes and said spaced apart vertical planes, the connecting means being operable to deform elastically under force.

A plurality of building panels for forming a three dimensional structure, the panels including;

• i) a plurality of frame members;
• ii) frame member connecting means for connecting together said frame members to form a frame lying in a frame plane, the frame defining a perimeter of the panel, the perimeter bounding an interior portion of the panel;
• iii) biasing means for biasing at least one of said frame members inwardly, generally in said frame plane, towards said interior portion of the panel;
• iv) a first solidified castable substance cast in said interior portion of the frame, between said frame members and about said biasing means such that loads imposed on said solidified castable substance are transferred by said biasing means to said frame members;
• v) connecting means for connecting each of said panels to a co-operating connecting means of an adjacent said panel, the connecting means being operable to deform elastically under forces imposed on said panel, and
• vi) a plurality of connectors co-operating with said panel connecting means for connecting at least some of said panels together to form a transportation container capable of holding a sufficient number of panels and connectors to form a dwelling from said sufficient number of panels and said panels used to form said transportation container.