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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
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Architecture Puzzler #40
An average 2,000-square-foot (180-square-meter) light wood frame house in the United States contains about 7,500, 15,000, or 22,500 board feet of lumber?
(A board-foot of lumber is a volumetric unit one foot (30.48 cm) square and one inch (2.54 cm) thick, or 2360 cc.)
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Question from Last Week:
Architecture Puzzler #39
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 to Puzzler #39
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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects
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House framing in 10th century Europe.
Image: www.arttoday.com
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