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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
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Architecture Puzzler #279
Completed in 1654, it is a focal point for a series of gardens by a river side. Sheathed in near-white marble, it has an indented cubic base and a central chamber over which rises a double-shelled, slightly bulging dome. Name this famous building.
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Question from Last Week:
Architecture Puzzler #278
"Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context — a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, and environment in a city plan."
Quote by Eliel Saarinen or Louis Kahn?
Answer to Puzzler #278
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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects
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Also completed in the 17th century, the Taihe Dian, the main hall of the Forbidden City, Beijing.
Corel Photo, c/o Artifice Images.
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