Flaws on Display at High-Profile Buildings Problems have emerged with recent marvels of modern architecture, from mold at Frank Gehry's Stata Center at M.I.T. to shattering glass windows at the New York Times building. What's behind the problems?

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Flaws on Display at High-Profile Buildings

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Flaws on Display at High-Profile Buildings

January 26, 20088:00 AM ET

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Problems have emerged with recent marvels of modern architecture, from mold at Frank Gehry's Stata Center at M.I.T. to shattering glass windows at the New York Times building. What's behind the problems? Robert Ivy, editor-in-chief of Architecture Record magazine, offers his insights in a conversation with Scott Simon.