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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 #61
Question
If a vandal threw a rock at your window, would the window be more likely to survive if the glazing were tempered safety glass or laminated safety glass?
Answer
Tempered glass is more difficult to break but when broken, the glazing will fall away in small crumbs allowing the vandal to enter. Laminated safety glass is easier to break but holds together after breaking making it more difficult to go through the opening.
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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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Ruins of a Spanish church.
Image: www.arttoday.com
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