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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
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Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #265
Question
In what city is the “Piazza d’Italia” (1979) by Charles Moore? How was Moore himself memorialized in this plaza?
Answer
Designed by Charles Moore with August Perez and Associates and Ron Filson, the “Piazza d’Italia” is in New Orleans, Louisiana. This postmodern icon is a colorful outdoor pavilion that was meant to celebrate New Orleans’ Italian community. If you ever visit, look for Moore’s face spouting water (cast into the fountain at the direction of his associate architects).
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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects
Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2005, Dave Guadagni.
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A different plaza: Piazza of St. Peter's (1656 to 1667), by Bernini, Vatican City, surrounded by Rome.
Great Buildings Photo © Howard Davis
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