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    QUIZ

    Quizzical Pursuit
    —The Architecture Puzzler

    Created by Dave Guadagni

     

    Architecture Puzzler #373

    Which subcontractor would use the term "selvage" (also spelled "selvedge")?


     

    Question from Last Week:
    Architecture Puzzler #372

    A double-pane insulated window has four surfaces of glass. These surfaces are numbered in the following order: the exterior face is called surface 1; the internal face of the exterior glass is surface 2; surface 3 is the internal face of the interior glass; and the interior glass face exposed to the room is surface 4. For which surface would you specify the low-E coating and why?  

    Answer to Puzzler #372


     

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

    Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2008, Dave Guadagni.

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    A little bit different kind of selvage in a screen detail at Maison Barak.
    Photo: François Roche

     
     
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