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100

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)?


100

Name the three primary Greek orders.

What are doric, ionic, and corinthian?

100

This acronym refers to the movable elements of a project, including furnishings, decorative lighting, and equipment


What is FF&E?

100

The movie that featured STRANG’s Rock House


What is Miami Vice (2006)?

100

Our newest official team member


Who is Camila Molko?


200

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?

200

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


200

Name three natural stone materials commonly used in luxury residential projects.


What is Marble, limestone, travertine, quartzite, etc

200

The font used at STRANG 


What is DIN 2014?

200

The universities our two college interns go to 


What is Syracuse University and University of Navarra (or just Spain)?

300

This Miami-Dade approval document is often required before specifying exterior products in high-velocity hurricane zones.

What is a NOA (Notice of Acceptance)?


300

The first director of the Bauhaus.

Who is Walter Gropius?

300

This stone fabrication technique arranges adjacent slabs so that the veining mirrors itself across a seam

What is bookmatching?


300

STRANG project that has won the most major design awards and international recognition

What is the Van der Vlugt Residence?

300

What new frozen treat has arrived in the office?

What are Jeni's Key Lime Pie Ice cream Sandwiches ?


400

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?

400

Gene Leedy was one of the founders of this school

What is the Sarasota School of Architecture?


400

This lighting metric measures a light source's ability to accurately render colors compared to natural daylight.


What is CRI (Color Rendering Index)?

400

Before founding STRANG, Max was an intern at this international firm.

What is Zaha Hadid Architects?

400

The artist behind much of the office’s pottery and planters

Who is Tamara Strang?

500

How many different LEED Professional Credentials are there?

What is 6 LEED Green Associate, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP ID+C, LEED AP Homes, LEED AP O+M, and LEED AP ND

500

This famous sequence of numbers (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8...) is deeply connected to the Golden Ratio because dividing consecutive terms gets closer and closer to phi


What is the Fibonacci sequence?

500

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?

500

Strang's 2016 Net-Zero House in Miami Beach uses this many photovoltaic panels

What is 112 panels?

500

Name of the armchair next to the Double T Table in our office

What is Le Club by Poliform?