Great Colonnade at Apamea overhauled drainage system. Justinian's changes included erecting a monumental "tetrastylon" made up of four high columns with a meter-high capitals. The city, was however, later sacked by the Sasanians under Adarmahan. Great Colonnade at Apamea The Great Colonnade at Apamea was the main colonnaded avenue of the ancient city of Apamea in the Orontes River valley in northwestern Syria. It was built in the second century CE after Apamea's devastation in the 115 earthquake. The avenue, which runs for nearly , made up the city's north-south axis, or the "cardo maximus". The monumental colonnade is among the longest and most
Architectural forgery in Japan Architectural forgery in Japan In Japan, structural engineers designing structures exceeding a certain floor area or number of storeys must submit drawings and calculations to the authorities, demonstrating that the building is safe (e.g. earthquake-resistant, etc.) "Structural Calculation Forgery Problem" (構造計算書偽造問題, "kōzō keisansho gizō mondai") refers to a series of incidents, set off by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's November 17, 2005, announcement that structural engineer Hidetsugu Aneha of Aneha Architectural Design Office in Chiba Prefecture had falsified earthquake design calculations. A number of Japanese construction and real estate companies have had to declare bankruptcy due to their