CONSTRUCTION
This three-letter acronym instructs the contractor to verify dimensions and existing conditions on-site before proceeding with work.
What is VIF (Verify In Field)?
This ancient Roman structure, completed around 126 AD, remains the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome.
What is the Pantheon?
This acronym refers to the movable elements of a project, including furnishings, decorative lighting, and equipment
What is FF&E?
The movie that featured STRANG’s Rock House
What is Miami Vice (2006)?
Our newest official team member
Who is Camila Molko?
This waterproofing detail is created by turning a membrane vertically at the intersection of a horizontal and vertical surface to prevent water intrusion.
What is flashing?
Name the architect who developed the Five Points of Architecture and identify all five principles
What is Le Corbusier?; Pilotis, Free Plan, Free Facade, Horizontal Windows, Roof Garden
Name three natural stone materials commonly used in luxury residential projects.
What is Marble, limestone, travertine, quartzite, etc
The font used at STRANG
What is DIN 2014?
The universities our two college interns go to
What is Syracuse University and University of Navarra (or just Spain)?
This Miami-Dade approval document is often required before specifying exterior products in high-velocity hurricane zones.
What is a NOA (Notice of Acceptance)?
Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, this influential German school merged art, craft, and architecture and helped shape modern design.
What is the Bauhaus?
This stone fabrication technique arranges adjacent slabs so that the veining mirrors itself across a seam
What is bookmatching?
STRANG project that has won the most major design awards and international recognition
What is the Van der Vlugt Residence?
The new snack that Stephanie ordered for the team as per an individual’s request (BONUS POINT: Who requested it?)
What are protein shakes? And who is Paul?
In Miami Beach, new single-family homes must locate the first habitable floor at least this distance above the Base Flood Elevation
What is BFE + 1 foot?
Gene Leedy was one of the founders of this school
What is the Sarasota School of Architecture?
This lighting metric measures a light source's ability to accurately render colors compared to natural daylight.
What is CRI (Color Rendering Index)?
This STRANG project that was just recently featured in Arch Digest in June 2026
What is Palm?
The artist behind much of the office’s pottery and planters
Who is Tamara Strang?
This roof slope, expressed in inches per foot, is generally considered the minimum required to achieve positive drainage on a low-slope roofing system
What is 1/4 inch per foot?
The chair by the Double Tee Table (NOT the Wassily)
What is the Horten Accent Chair?
This interior design style, popularized by Belgian designer Axel Vervoordt, is characterized by restrained palettes, natural materials, imperfect textures, and the Japanese concept of finding beauty in imperfection.
What is wabi-sabi?
The year STRANG was recognized for the most awards
What is 2016?
Name of the armchair next to the Double T Table in our office
What is Le Club by Poliform?