One option (almost certainly not practical) would be to have the building shaped like a giant vertical wing, and have it rotate into the wind. It could be tuned to be resistant to wind forces by directing it around, but the apartments may face a different way each day.

Hah, a bit like the roof of an oast house. I like it.

I originally thought more along some pneumatic nuzzles, basically like direction controll nozzles on a space ship capsule

> One option (almost certainly not practical) would be to have the building shaped like a giant vertical wing,

Like a weathercock?

Well, dunno about anyone else, but I'd jump at the chance to live in a (safe) building that always rotated to face the wind.