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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
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Question from Last Week:
Architecture Puzzler #35
The ratio of span to thickness in a thin-shell concrete dome is so high that these concrete shells have often been compared to egg shells. How similar are the actual ratios between concrete shells and egg shells?
Answer to Puzzler #35
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Architecture Puzzler #36
How tall is the Empire State Building? In what year did King Kong climb to its top?
Come back next week for the answer to Architecture Puzzler #36
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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects
Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2001, Dave Guadagni.
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Empire State Building, by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon, New York, 1931.
Photo: Great Buildings Photo © Howard Davis.
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