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    QUIZ

    Quizzical Pursuit
    —The Architecture Puzzler

    Created by Dave Guadagni

     

    Architecture Puzzler #417

    Who is credited with the following three quotes?

    "Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms."

    "A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous."

    "For the meaning and right of every age, including our own, consists solely in providing the spirit with the necessary prerequisites for its existence."


     

    Question from Last Week:
    Architecture Puzzler #416

    Named after the American physicist Wallace Sabin, a sabin is equal to one square foot of what?  

    Answer to Puzzler #416


     

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

    Quizzical Pursuit is Copyright 2009, Dave Guadagni.

    AW


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