ArchitectureWeek - Puzzler Question #414

Quiz . 04 February 2009


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In what way are flat plate, flat slab, and waffle slab systems similar? Rank these systems in order of their spanning capacity.

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The cast-in-place concrete Palace of Assembly (1963) in Chandigarh, India, by Le Corbusier.
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