Kazakhstan’s two largest cities, Almaty and Astana, are racing skyward. Glass towers now compete with the Tien Shan peaks for dominance of the skyline, yet the region’s seismic hazard map has not changed. Between the Chilik–Kemin fault and the Talgar segment, engineers must design for ground accelerations that can exceed 0.3 g. The Friction Pendulum Seismic Isolation Bearing...