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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 #402
Question
Elegant and complex, the concrete ribbed vaults of the Communal Stadium in Florence (1932), the hangar at Orbetello (1938), and the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome (1960) are the work of which designer? Note: He preferred to describe himself as an engineer rather than an architect.
Answer
Marked by bold engineering and expressionist shapes, these buildings were designed by Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979).
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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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