Patent ID: 8528297

Claim:
A method for constructing a building, comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a building foundation structure; (b) constraining a base to the building foundation structure, the base having a plurality of corners; (c) at each corner of said plurality of corners, connecting a vertically-oriented corner panel to the base, each corner panel having at least two portions set at an angle to one another and connected to each other at one edge; (d) between each pair of adjacent corner panels, connecting one or more vertically-oriented panels to the base to form a vertical wall of the building, each panel at least partly forming a vertical wall of the building; wherein the method also comprises, after the base has been constrained to the building foundation structure, a step of making markings on the base which identify locations where bottoms of respective panels and corner panels will be fixed to the base, and, after said step of making markings on the base, mounting a plurality of connecting elements on the base along the markings, for connecting the panels and corner panels to the base; said connecting elements being fixed to the base along the markings in such a way that the connecting elements are spaced at a predetermined distance from one another determined at the building design step in accordance with a static and dynamic performance of the building.