{"id":783,"date":"2012-03-03T16:48:15","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T22:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/?p=783"},"modified":"2012-03-19T01:41:51","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T06:41:51","slug":"japan-builds-tokyo-sky-tree-worlds-tallest-tower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/?p=783","title":{"rendered":"Japan builds Tokyo Sky Tree, world&#8217;s tallest tower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Skytree3_610x405.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-828\" title=\"Skytree3_610x405\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Skytree3_610x405-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Sky Tree makes use of a shinbashira, a central column that features in the architecture of Japanese pagodas. The column acts as a stationary pendulum to counterbalance seismic waves, greatly reducing the sway in the surounding structure.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, there are virtually no records of pagodas being toppled in quakes in Japanese history. The tallest wooden tower in the country, the 55-meter 180-foot pagoda of Toji temple in Kyoto, has been standing firm since 1644.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-17938_105-57388126-1\/japan-builds-tokyo-sky-tree-worlds-tallest-tower\/\">Japan builds Tokyo Sky Tree, world&#8217;s tallest tower | Crave &#8211; CNET<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sky Tree makes use of a shinbashira, a central column that features in the architecture of Japanese pagodas. The column acts as a stationary pendulum to counterbalance seismic waves, greatly reducing the sway in the surounding structure. Indeed, there &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/?p=783\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=783"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783\/revisions\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.brandylion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}