Archi-Trivia: If you were in Boston for the AIA show last month, did you see the John Hancock building? This glass and metal skyscraper became notorious in the 1980s. Why? Click a response below to find out the correct answer.

A. It was the first high-rise built with insulating glass units.
B. Lites of glass in the curtainwall kept breaking unexpectedly.
C. It was the most over-schedule and over-budget building in the United States up to that time.
D. It had a problem with Legionnaires’ Disease.

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