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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
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Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #39
Question
Identify the source of the following quote. "If a builder has built a house ... and the house he built has fallen and caused the death of the owner, that builder shall be put to death."
A. Passage 704, codex Texahochacaun (980 A.D., Mayan)
B. Section 229, the Code of Hammurabi (1800 B.C., Babylonian)
C. Edicts of Amon at Karnak (1085 B.C., Egyptian)
D. Proposed Amendment for the Uniform Building Code (2001 A.D., American)
Answer
B. Code of Hammurabi
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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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A Babylonian temple, built for stability.
Image: www.arttoday.com
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