Good architecture always stands firmly planted in the realm of art. The artfulness of a building comes from the quality of space and light, the use of materials, the expressiveness of the details and the rightness of form that blends invention with imagination to achieve something transcendent.

It has been rare that a professional education in architecture includes an opportunity for investigation into "What is architecture and why should we do it." Who benefits from what we do; and why do so few people think that they are advantaged by what we do?

The work of the foundation President, Robert Foote Shannon, beginning 40 years ago to the present. This detailed presentation outlines many projects where issues of sustainability, relative to form, were arduously pursued.