Patent ID: 7992350

Claim:
A column borne building construction comprising a building and one substantially vertical column for bearing the load of said building construction, said building having a polyhedron shape, the polyhedron shape being a fullerene shape, said polyhedron shape having a substantially horizontal top face defining a polygon shape by means of a first number top edges and an equal first number of top vertices, said polyhedron shape comprising additional faces other than said top face, said additional faces being defined by additional edges and additional vertices, said top face being substantially perpendicular to said column and encircling said column, wherein said column coincides with a central point of said top face, each of said first number of top vertices joining two top edges and at least one additional edge of said polyhedron, said top edges and said additional edges comprising construction elements, said column having a top coupling point, at least 3 of said first number of top vertices being connected to said column by means of a tension member comprising a further construction element, wherein extensions of said tension members coincide at said top coupling point, wherein for each tension member the extension of said tension member lies in a common plane with at least one additional face comprising said at least one additional edge coupled to said top vertex connected to said column by means of said tension member, and wherein an angle between each of said tension members and said substantially horizontal top face is in the range of 30 to 60 degrees.