Architecture Puzzler #241

Alfred Moser Butts, an out-of-work architect during the Great Depression, gained fame and some wealth by doing which of the following:

- Writing several influential books, published in the European press, criticizing the dominance of historicist architecture.

- Inventing the popular board game “Scrabble.”

- Through mutual friends, meeting the Rockefellers and winning the commission to design Rockefeller Center.

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).