ArchitectureWeek - Puzzler Answer #40

Answers . 07 March 2001

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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler

Created by Dave Guadagni

Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #40

Question

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.)

Answer

The house contains 15,000 board feet of lumber.

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

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