ABSTRACT Seismic isolation is an emerging trend in earthquake resistant design with great potential for constructing safer structures

in seismic prone regions. A seismically isolated structure experiences reduced seismic forces and accelerations and moves essentially as a rigid body, preventing damage due to deformations. This is achieved by mounting the structure on horizontally flexible seismic base isolators, which make the structure move in slower and smoother fashion, avoiding resonance. In addition, seismic energy imparted to the structure is substantially reduced or dissipated by the isolators, which are properly designed for such a purpose, rather than through inelastic deformations of the structure, which causes damage to its structural and non-structural components. In this paper an analytical study performed on a six storey RC framed building having moment resisting frame construction isolated using lead rubber bearing (LRB) is presented. Analytical results were compared for the selected building with and without the designed seismic base isolation system. The study showed that significant reduction in base shear, inter storey drift and acceleration responses for the base isolated building when compared to fixed base building demonstrating the efficiency of the base isolation system designed.