The only medical project about which Sternberg felt great disappointment was the Wardenberg Student Health Center in Boulder. He had long railed publicly against the phony Romanesque façade architecture of the Colorado University campus in Boulder. What can professors of architecture in Boulder do, he would ask, other than take their students for a tour of the campus and show them what not to do?
Sternberg's strong feelings towards the Wardenberg Student Health Center project in Boulder were rooted in his criticism of the university's campus architecture, which he saw as a shallow imitation of Romanesque style. He would often ask professors of architecture in Boulder how they could provide their students with more meaningful learning experiences beyond simply taking them on tours to demonstrate what not to do.