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Quizzical Pursuit
—The Architecture Puzzler
Created by Dave Guadagni
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Architecture Puzzler #553
What is entasis? What is exfoliation?
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Question from Last Week:
Architecture Puzzler #552
Although "caryatid" sounds like a species of shellfish, it is a special form of column used to support the corners of some ancient buildings, such as the Erechtheum. How would you describe these columns? By the way, where is the Erechtheum?
Answer to Puzzler #552
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Dave Guadagni, AIA, is an architect with Robertson/Sherwood/Architects
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The Parthenon in Athens demonstrates entasis.
Photo: Howard Davis/ Artifice Images
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