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The evolution of newly developed methods in the field of architecture and engineering tends to improve the constructional aspects of the structures. The structures to be constructed in the present era should differ itself from the structures build in the past, keeping in mind its strength and aesthetical behavior. For any high rise structure, its major concern is to withstand the lateral forces like wind or earthquake. Although a conventional structure almost rectify these happenings but the performances can be maximized by using a diagrid or shear wall configuration. The diagrid and the shear wall systems opposes the effect of lateral forces and also helps in minimizing the net cost of construction. The diagrids helps to counter the lateral forces acting on the structure by its angular arrangements at the periphery thus eliminating the columns at the exterior of the structure. The diagrids performances can also be increased by increasing the angles of the diagrids. The shear walls helps in countering off the net shear forces by positioning itself either at the edges, periphery or at the center of the structure. The analysis of the factors like story displacements, story shears, story drifts etc are carried out and compared for both the conventional and the above mentioned structural arrangements.