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The Adaptive Reuse of this abandoned 1903 public school saved it from the wrecking ball, and transformed it into a vibrant new Boys & Girls Club and affordable housing. Once again the pride of the community, as a result of Dattner Architects’ thoughtful renovation which including recreating original building details from photographs and retaining the original character of the school as a backdrop to the new uses, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. 

In 1989 the city of Alexandria held an international architectural competition to design a new library in the spirit of its richest legacy the library destroyed over a thousand years ago.  Snohetta won the competition and went on to construct the building which opened in 2002.  The Architect talks about the new library and it's significance.

The Architect describes the design of the Art Museum and shares some of the features of the building.

The Architect talks about the decision to site the building on the formerly industrial waterfront, the integration of the roof into the landscape, the program and the collaboration with the Norwegian artists to integrate their works into the building.

Tubaloon was designed as a temporary pavilion for the annual two week jazz festival at Konzberg. The architect talks about the design of the fabric structure, its acoustics and how it is dissembled and then reassembled annually.

Ada Tolla, Principal at LOT-EK, speaks about the design of Whitney Studio.

Donald Lipski describes the inspiration for his sculpture of FISH on the San Antonio Riverwalk.

Sculptor Donald Lipski describes the genesis of his work "Nails' Tails", an obelisk of footballs outside of the University of Wisconsin's Camp Randall Stadium.

Donald Lipski shares his thoughts about his work Leaves of Grass in the Levine Children's Hospital.

Donald Lipski tells the story behind two works of art - "The Yearling", originally commissioned for a high school in Upper Manhattan and finally installed in Denver, and "La Guardia Suite" created for the High School for Music and Art.