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    NEXT WEEK

    Quizzical Pursuit
    —The Architecture Puzzler

    Created by Dave Guadagni

    Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
    Architecture Puzzler #177

    Question

    What do the terms Ovolo, Cavetto, Thumb, Venetian, Beak, Scotia, and Torus all refer to? What is the fundamental difference between Scotia and Torus?

    Answer

    They all refer to classical molding shapes. A Scotia is a concave shape, while Torus is convex.
     


     

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    http://www.ArchitectureWeek.com/quiz.html

     

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

    Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2004, Dave Guadagni.

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