Quiz . 03 January 2001                     
ArchitectureWeek
NEWS   |   DESIGN   |   BUILDING   |   DESIGN TOOLS   |   BUILDING CULTURE
IN THIS ISSUE
  Contents
 
  •  
  • A Field Guide to Meta-Narratives
     
  •  
  • Postcard from Portugal
     
  •  
  • Dreaming on the River
     
  •  
  • Elegant Efficiency at Zion Canyon
     
  •  
  • Visualizing How Buildings Breathe
     
  •  
  • How Rowhouses Shaped Our Neighborhoods

     
    AND MORE
      Current Contents
      Blog Center
      Book Center
      Download Center
      New Products
      Classic Home
      Competitions
      Conferences
      Events & Exhibits
      Architecture Forum
      Architects Directory
      Library & Archive
      Web Directory
      Marketplace
      About ArchWeek
      Search
      Subscribe & Contribute
      Newsletter Free
       

     
    QUIZ

    Quizzical Pursuit
    —The Architecture Puzzler

    by Dave Guadagni

     

    Architecture Puzzler This Week

    What is entasis? What is exfoliation?


     

    Want the answer? Come back next week!
    The answer to the previous week's Puzzler is posted here weekly.
    Bookmark the Puzzler Page now:

    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/quiz.html


     

    Last Week's Puzzler Question

    An earthquake that is 6.3 on the Richter scale releases the energy equivalent to about 20,000 tons of TNT (slightly more than the atomic bomb that fell on Hiroshima, Japan). How many times more powerful would a 7.3 earthquake be?  

    Answer to Last Week's Puzzler


     

    Want more? Click here for our complete Architecture Puzzler Archive:

    Architecture Puzzler Archive
     

    Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects

    Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2001, Dave Guadagni.

    AW


    ArchWeek Photo

    The Parthenon at Athens demonstrates entasis.
    Photo: Great Buildings Photo © Howard Davis

     
    < Prev Page Next Page > Send this to a friend       Advertising       Contributing       Privacy       Comments
    GREAT BUILDINGS   |   DISCUSSION   |   SCRAPBOOK   |   COMMUNITY   |   BOOKS   |   FREE 3D   |   ARTIFICE   |   SEARCH
      ArchitectureWeek.com © 2001 Artifice, Inc. - All Rights Reserved