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Throughout the building, the architect's organic design and flowing forms challenged the skill of the builders. For example, the copper roof consists of innumerable sections of sheet copper, each cut to fit a specific area of the roof. In total, the builders required 11,000 square meters (117,700 square feet) of copper; according to a Canadian Architect article (November 1989), the Museum "has more copper on it than any other [building] in the world."