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Historic Architectural Disasters Exposed
Explore infamous architectural blunders that shaped history with this challenging crossword on epic structural failures and design disasters.
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  • 1. Common cause of architectural failures during planning phases
  • 2. Adjective describing an architectural project that did not succeed
  • 4. Construction type collapse risk in excavation sites
  • 5. Hotel with falling balconies in London causing safety recalls
  • 7. Heavy type of rain that can cause landslides damaging buildings
  • 9. Type of activity that can test architectural disaster resilience
  • 10. Architect associated with the failed design of the Cincinnati Union Terminal canopy
  • 13. Kind of effect causing instability in certain glass facades
  • 15. Suspended walkway type that can fail under wind stress
  • 16. City famous for its famously leaning tower
  • 17. Underground passage that can suffer catastrophic construction flaws
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  • 3. Sudden structural failure common in disastrous buildings
  • 6. Cause of the collapse of the Glasgow School of Art building
  • 8. Critical base that failed in the Leaning Tower of Pisa
  • 11. Site where a hastily built cooling tower partially collapsed
  • 12. Describes the unexpected tilt of Pisa’s tower
  • 14. Poor choice of these can lead to structural disasters
  • 18. Visible signs of structural stress and decay
  • 19. Sudden ground collapse causing huge damage to structures

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