Kobe Earthquake Museum.

In memory of the tragic Kobe earthquake in 1995, Kobe earthquake museum was built, which practices many of the known architectural defenses to withstand an earthquake. The grid like formation across all four faces of the building, a moat, a base insulator using seismic engineering and a shear core to the building can clearly been seen from the outside:

Rather than taking away the visual appeal of the building, these earthquake defense systems add a modern twist to the building almost as if it was effortless, as I presume the earthquake defenses were prioritised over the visual appeal of the design. The base insulator also allowed the building to have the outer section around the whole building suspended over the moat, which you can also see above.