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"Or to choose a more recent example, the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University, by another noted name, Peter Eisenman, opened in 1989 and is now undergoing a $10 million retrofit. It experienced leaks and problems with climate control. There are zillions of similar cases."
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"Polshek makes another interesting point about Andrews's building. He calls it an example of 'militaristic modernism.'
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