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Old Posted Feb 10, 2009, 9:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ardecila View Post
Are you sure about this? My Architectural History professor this year was with IM Pei & Partners at the time of this incident. He wasn't involved with the project, but he claims that the builder was held responsible because Pei & Partners held a drawing which proved that the window gaskets had been installed incorrectly. I can't imagine he'd tell a bunch of students something that was supposed to be kept secret.
Well, it has been over 30 years, so it's quite possible that at a certain point the principals involved were no longer prohibited from talking about it.

I was merely paraphrasing Carter Wiseman's book on Pei (from 1991) and other sources I've read over the years (mostly in the early to mid-90's) that all said that the findings and liabilities were kept private.

Nonetheless...problem solved now...

BTW, who was your professor? (I'm just curious)
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