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Guess the Architecture is a place for engineers to test their knowledge of world architecture. Each week the CR4 team will post a different piece of architecture from around the world. We're looking for guesses at where it might be, or some information regarding the structure in the comments below.

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Guess the Architecture for 1/15/2019

Posted January 15, 2019 2:00 PM by MaggieMc

Can you guess this week's building?

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01/15/2019 8:19 PM

Looks like where this guy lives....

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01/16/2019 10:59 PM

MC Escher's summer house

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01/17/2019 4:41 AM

Olafur Eliasson building in Denmark? js
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01/17/2019 7:07 AM

I agree.

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01/17/2019 3:07 PM

Thanks for posting a backing picture to my guess 'ddk as I had just answered and you found a better shot to post before I could get to it(forgot).
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01/17/2019 3:12 PM

For the interested, I believe the window/entries are catenary rather than parabolic examples of arches and find the building quite pleasing to mine eye!
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01/22/2019 12:44 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenary

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