Fact Check: Which of These Architecture Rumors are Actually True?

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Fact-checking website Snopes (also known as the internet's first fact-checking website) has now been debunking Urban Legends and setting the record straight when it comes to "questionable" and/or fantastic stories for 23 years. In its two decades of operation, it has amassed not only thousands of well-researched explanations to perplexing myths but has also garnered the praise of news outlets like The New York Times, CNN, and Forbes. So what can Snopes tell us about our dear profession? Get your facts right with our list of dubious (and some not-so-dubious) claims about architecture, buildings, and city design.

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Cite: AD Editorial Team. "Fact Check: Which of These Architecture Rumors are Actually True?" 15 Jan 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/886227/fact-check-which-of-these-architecture-rumors-are-actually-true> ISSN 0719-8884

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