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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
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Architecture Puzzler #240
True or False:
a. Stairs in the landscape are typically designed flatter than stairs in buildings.
b. In a flight of stairs, there is an equal number of treads and risers.
c. A circular stair with a 4-inch (10-centimeter) diameter center column typically has either 12 or 13 treads per circle (360-degree turn around stair).
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Question from Last Week:
Architecture Puzzler #239
Identify which of the following was built in the 1960s, which two were built in the 70s and which three were built in the 80s: AT&T Building (New York), National Air and Space Museum (Washington DC), Sea Ranch (California), Vietnam Veteran's Memorial (Washington DC), Los Angles Museum of Contemporary Art (California), Frank Gehry House (California).
Answer to Puzzler #239
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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects
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Stairs to Shinto temple, Nagasaki, Japan, 1925.
Image: www.clipart.com
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