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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
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Architecture Puzzler #243
You might know that fisheye, birdsmouth, monkey blood, moose milk, and horse head are slang construction terms that have little or nothing to do with the animal noted, nor do the phrases “dog the door” or “running of the rats.” From a builder’s point of view, what do each of these mean?
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Question from Last Week:
Architecture Puzzler #242
True or False:
a. Mortar droppings should be wiped off of walls or floors before hardening.
b. The “Little House Living Room” by Frank Lloyd Wright is only 12- by 16-feet (3.6- by 4.9 meters) and was put on display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Answer to Puzzler #242
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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects
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Intricately carved dogs and other animals at the door to a temple in Patan, Nepal.
Photo: www.clipart.com
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