ArchitectureWeek - Puzzler Answer #279

Answers . 29 March 2006


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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler

Created by Dave Guadagni

Solution to Last Week's Puzzler
Architecture Puzzler #279

Question

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.

Answer

Taj Mahal, Agra, India, built by Shah Jahan in memory of his wife.

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

Also completed in the 17th century, the Taihe Dian, the main hall of the Forbidden City, Beijing.
Photo by Corel 85010, c/o Artifice Images.

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