> the structure has weathered significant damage since it was first built in the ’70s
Another case of the architect getting ahead of the materials and engineering available. Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed much more aesthetically pleasing structures than this monstrosity (judging by pictures, can't recall it I saw it the one time I was in Paris), is notorious for leaking roofs.
Maybe, but it was already repaired after 20 years or so, spending at the time something like half the original construction costs (without considering inflation):
Another case of the architect getting ahead of the materials and engineering available. Frank Lloyd Wright, who designed much more aesthetically pleasing structures than this monstrosity (judging by pictures, can't recall it I saw it the one time I was in Paris), is notorious for leaking roofs.