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Architectural Disasters and Design Flaws
A crossword exploring some of history’s most infamous architectural failures and infamous design mishaps.
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Across
  • 1. Museum with controversial design often debated for practicality
  • 2. Supportive column that can cause disaster if weak
  • 4. Frank Lloyd Wright’s house with infamous water problems
  • 6. What happens when architectural integrity fails
  • 9. Place linked with heavy industrial architecture failures
  • 11. Outer face of a building, sometimes a hazardous feature
  • 16. City of the infamous Narrows Bridge collapse
Down
  • 3. Traditional structure which can be vulnerable in earthquakes
  • 5. Describes a common structural issue causing buildings to tilt
  • 7. Italian tower known worldwide for its unintended tilt
  • 8. Structure often failing spectacularly under stress or design flaws
  • 10. Projecting platform that can fall if not secured
  • 12. Part of the pedestrian bridge that famously failed in Miami
  • 13. Curved structure essential to many bridges and doorways
  • 14. Curved roof element prone to collapse if misconstructed
  • 15. Historic stronghold often failing from poor foundations
  • 17. Critical building element that sometimes caves in
  • 18. Material that can shatter unexpectedly when poorly applied

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