Building structure with elevators

Claim 2

A building structure comprising a plurality of levels, an outer enclosure means enclosing said structure and an inner core wall construction including bracing, centrally disposed interiorly of said outer enclosure means and extending continuously through the entire height of said building structure for receiving horizontal forces from any direction acting on said building structure and for transferring same to the ground and service elements located within said inner core, said service elements on each succeeding level being located directly above said service elements on the preceding level and said structure further comprising at least two banks of elevators each bank being arranged adjacent and parallel to the outside of a Separate wall of said inner core and the elevators within each bank having entry means disposed on the side thereof opposite said inner core.

Claim 3

The building structure defined in claim 1 wherein a predetermined number of vertically adjacent ones of said levels form a zone, said building structure being comprised of a plurality of said zones and at least one entrance level and having at least one elevator for each of said zones, each said elevator communicating with said entrance level and said levels in a predetermined one of said zones.

Claim 4

The building structure defined in claim 2 wherein a predetermined number of vertically adjacent ones of said zones form a group of zones, said building structure being comprised of a plurality of said groups, said building structure having in addition a plurality of access levels interposed between vertically adjacent groups of zones above the group of zones vertically adjacent said entrance level, at least one access elevator for each said access level, each said access elevator communicating with said entrance level and a predetermined one of said access levels, each said access level having at least one elevator for each zone thereabove but below the next vertically adjacent access level, each said elevator communicating with said access level and the levels comprising a predetermined one of said zones thereabove and said entrance level having at least one elevator for each of the zones in the one of said groups between said entrance level and the first of said access levels thereabove, each said elevator communicating with said entrance level and the levels in a predetermined one of said zones in said group.