ArchitectureWeek - Puzzler Answer #205

Answers . 25 August 2004


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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler

Created by Dave Guadagni

Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #205

Question

Briefly describe the process for making "Masonite."

Answer

Mississippi engineer W. H. Mason invented "Masonite" in 1924. He put wood fiber under pressure — imagine putting wood scraps and water in a pressure cooker — then rapidly released that pressure. This process breaks the wood down into cellulose. Reconstituted cellulose pressed into sheets becomes "Masonite."

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

Not a variety of masonry.
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