ArchitectureWeek - Puzzler Question #234

Quiz . 06 April 2005


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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler

Created by Dave Guadagni

Architecture Puzzler #234

Suppose a bank is on fire: the wood is burning and the metals are melting. As the temperature rises, which of these will be the first to melt and which will be the last: aluminum windows, lead flashings, copper piping, a decorative iron entry arch, and gold bullion.

Question from Last Week:
Architecture Puzzler #233

Each set below includes three significant buildings constructed during the same decade. Match the buildings with the correct decade (1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970 or 1980).

A. Dymaxion House (R. Buckminster Fuller); Baker House (Alvar Alto); Kaufmann House (Richard Neutra)

B. Dulles International Airport (Eero Saarinen); U.S. Air Force Academy Chapel (SOM); Space Needle (John Graham Associates).

C. Kimbell Art Museum (Louis Kahn); National Air and Space Museum (Helmuth, Obata & Kassabaum); Piazza D’Italia (Charles Moore).

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