ArchitectureWeek - Puzzler Answer #77

Answers . 12 December 2001


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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler

Created by Dave Guadagni

Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #77

Question

If you were to squint at a squinch what would you see?

Answer

Through partly closed eyes you would see a small arch or corbelling built across the interior angle between two walls. (Usually seen best with eyes fully open.)

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

Bird from "Still Life with Reflecting Globe" by M. C. Escher.
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