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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler

Created by Dave Guadagni

 

Architecture Puzzler #275

"A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous."
Quote by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe or LeCorbusier?

And

"Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind; large ones weaken it."
Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe or Leonardo da Vinci?


 

Question from Last Week:
Architecture Puzzler #274

You specified an elastomeric coating with a dry film thickness of 10 mils (0.25 millimeters). The contractor says that it was applied with a wet film thickness of 15 mils (0.38 millimeters) and that, therefore, the application will be okay. Is the contractor correct?  

Answer to Puzzler #274


 

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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects

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