Smithsonian
Feeding the Animals at the Smithsonian's National Zoo
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- Feeding the Animals at the Smithsonian's National Zoo
- Runtime
- 4:04
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Mike Maslanka, head nutritionist at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, talks about what it takes to feed 2000 animals from 400 different species 365 days a year. Each one receives a diet specially designed by National Zoo nutritionists that not only meets their nutrient needs but also encourages them to employ their natural feeding behaviors.
The Zoo's commissary is one of the world's largest zoo commissaries and is about half an acre in size.
In all, 13 people make up the Zoos nutrition team. Two members of the team are certified nutritionists. Of all 220 zoo members of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, only 11 have nutritionists, and the National Zoo has two! But thats not the only thing that sets the Zoo apart. The National Zoo is also the only zoo that makes all of its own hay, which is grown at CRC.
Read more: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AnimalIndex/AnimalNews/nutrition.cfm
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- Mike Seeger talks about his childhood and his early days in music.
- Runtime
- 2:57
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Please visit www.folkways.si.edu for an appreciation of Mike Seeger (1933-2009).
http://folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/mike_seeger.aspx
Please share your thoughts, memories, and stories at the Smithsonian Folkways Facebook page or email them to SmithsonianFolkways@SI.EDU
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For over fifty years, Mike Seeger has been a musician, documenter, and tireless advocate of American folk and traditional music. As a musician he recorded as a solo artist and member of folk revival ensemble the New Lost City Ramblers. As a collector he has captured and produced sounds by iconic artists such as Elizabeth Cotten and Dock Boggs. And finally, as a historian and preservationist of the music he calls "old time," Mike Seeger gives us the stories behind the music that is such an essential part of American culture. Here he performs and gives the history of "Walking Boss," a tune Thomas Clarence A...
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- Mark van Tongeren, an ethnomusicologist, gives a throat-singing lesson
- Runtime
- 3:02
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- ... From the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. For those who think the human voice can produce only one note at a time, the resonant harmonies of throat-singing are surprising. In throat-singing, a singer can produce two or more notes simultaneously through a specialized vocalization technique taking advantage of the throats resonance characteristics. Singers use a form of circular breathing which allows them to sustain multiple notes for long periods of time. Young Tuvan singers are trained from childhood through a sort of apprentice system to use the folds of the throat as reverberation chambers. Mark van Tongeren, an ethnomusicologist specializing in khöömei throat-singing, teaches the technique. To hear more throat-singing check out the album "Tuva: Voices from the Center of Asia" at http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2058 To learn more about Smithsonian Folkways visit http://www.folkways.si.edu To find out more about the Smithsonian Folklife Festival visit htt...
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- Mike Seeger performs "Walking Boss" in the Smithsonian Folkways Studio
- Runtime
- 3:16
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Please visit www.folkways.si.edu for an appreciation of Mike Seeger (1933-2009).
http://folkways.si.edu/explore_folkways/mike_seeger.aspx
Please share your thoughts, memories, and stories at the Smithsonian Folkways Facebook page or email them to SmithsonianFolkways@SI.EDU
http://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings
For over fifty years, Mike Seeger has been a musician, documenter, and tireless advocate of American folk and traditional music. As a musician he recorded as a solo artist and member of folk revival ensemble the New Lost City Ramblers. As a collector he has captured and produced sounds by iconic artists such as Elizabeth Cotten and Dock Boggs. And finally, as a historian and preservationist of the music he calls "old time," Mike Seeger gives us the stories behind the music that is such an essential part of American culture. Here he performs and gives the history of "Walking Boss," a tune Thomas Clarence A...
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- First Lady Michelle Obama Celebrates National Design Awards
- Runtime
- 15:19
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- The First Lady hosts a ceremony at the White House for the winners and finalists of the 2009 National Design Awards, part of the Smithsonians Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. She praises the recipients for their innovative ideas, and for serving as inspiration for future generations of designers. July 24, 2009. See all of the Winners' presentations here: http://tr.im/NDAYTObama
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- Three members of "Son de Madera" talk about improvisation in Son Jarocho
- Runtime
- 5:02
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- The improvisatory, string-driven music of Veracruz called son jarocho has enjoyed several decades of major resurgence. This "back-to-the-future" recording allies elder farmer and rancher musicians with the next generation of forward-looking innovators who comprise the group Son de Madera. Son de Mi Tierra ("They are from my land") burgeons with creativity and reverence for both the old and the new as it draws from rural roots to produce fresh interpretations of this popular Mexican regional music. 13 tracks, 52 minutes, 40-page booklet with extensive bilingual notes and photographs. For more information about this album: http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3224
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- Ella Jenkins - cELLAbration Live!
- Runtime
- 2:38
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Ella Jenkins, "The First Lady of Children's Music," has made dozens of recordings and earned many awards in her 50-year career, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy. This DVD features a live concert tribute to Ella by some of today's finest folk music and children's performers. 60 minutes, interviews with the artists, photo gallery.
To purchase or find out more about this DVD visit: http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3200 and for more information about Smithsonian Folkways , the non-profit record label of the national museum, click here: http://www.folkways.si.edu/index.aspx ©2008 Smithsonian Institution
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- Las Américas musicians, Marcelo Rojas and Miguel Prado, play and talk about their music
- Runtime
- 5:12
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Representing two very different harp styles, Marcelo Rojas of Paraguay and Miguel Prado of Mexico fuse their talents to perform this unique duet. This is the first time they've ever played together. They play two peices here, Son de la negra (Mexico) and El pajaro chogui (Paraguay).
Rojas and Prado are featured perfomers at the 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, as part of the Las Américas program, on the National Mall in Washington DC.
Ceck out more from Marcelo Rojas on the Smithsonian Folkways Recording "Harps of Paraguay", http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3225and find more from Miguel Prado on the Smithsonian Folkways Album "Tierra Caliente!", by the group Arpex, http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3129
Smithsonian Folklife Festival: http://festival.si.edu/
Smithsonian Folkways: http://folkways.si.edu/
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- Uneasy Partners: Lincoln and Frederick Douglass, LBJ and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Runtime
- 1:36:51
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Juan Williams of National Public Radio moderated a discussion of the relationships between Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Baines Johnson and the most influential African American leaders of their day, Frederick Douglass and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To commemorate the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth, the National Museum of American History presented an engaging public dialog series to accompany its exhibition, "Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life."
John Stauffer of Harvard University and author of Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, and Nick Kotz author of Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Laws That Changed America discussed the relationships between these two presidents and two legendary Civil Rights leaders.
This program was made possible by a National Endowment for the Humanities grant through the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and its traveling exhibiti...
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- Beyond the Obituaries: Success Stories in Ocean Conservation
- Runtime
- 1:04:26
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Sometimes the threats faced by our ocean planet seem overwhelming. Amid headlines about pollution, climate change, overfishing, and other daunting problems, it’s easy to forget that there is good news, too. Everyday, scientists and citizens the world over are working to protect marine wildlife, safeguard the resources we rely on, and restore the ocean's natural balance.sea turtle Green sea turtles are among the ocean animals that have recently experienced population rebounds in some regions, due in part to strong conservation efforts. Image courtesy: Roy Niswanger/Marine PhotobankTo hear a variety of these inspiring stories from around the globe, join Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and the International Marine Conservation Congress on Wednesday, May 20th for "Beyond the Obituaries: Success Stories in Ocean Conservation." From sea turtle populations rebounding in the Caribbean to water quality improvements in the Black Sea, find out what can happen when citizens...
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- Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project Announced
- Runtime
- 1:06:54
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- Eight Institutions Tell the World Why Amphibians Matter: Amphibians are facing a crisis of unprecedented proportion. A systematic global assessment of all 5,743 known amphibian species has found that one-third are in danger of being wiped out at an alarming rate across the globe by the pathogen. Particularly alarming to conservationists is that 122 species are believed to have already gone extinct in the last three decades, compared to just five bird species and no mammals during the same time period. This unparalleled rate of species loss deserves an immediate and comprehensive global response.
Eight zoos/institutions have banded together to form The Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project and will announce their partnership, their plans to combat the spread of chytrid in Panama and provide staggering information on why amphibians matter.
INSTITUTIONS INVOLVED: The Smithsonians National Zoo, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Zoo New England, Defenders of Wildlife,...
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- NASA Orion Crew Vehicle Visits the Smithsonian During Test Regimen
- Runtime
- 8:49
- Date posted
- 17 years ago
- Description
- After undergoing recovery tests and modifications at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in Bethesda, Md., the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle, part of the Constellation Program, spent a day on display in front of the National Air and Space Museum on the Mall.
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- click! photography changes everything introduction
- Runtime
- 2:44
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- click! photography changes everything is a conversation about how photography shapes our culture and our lives. In this episode, Merry A. Foresta, Director of the Smithsonian Photography Initiative and Marvin Heiferman, Curator of click! photography changes everything talk about a new Smithsonian Photography Initiative project. View stories and photos at www.click.si.edu.
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- click! photography changes who we are
- Runtime
- 3:48
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- click! photography changes everything is a conversation about how photography shapes our culture and our lives. In this episode, Lonnie Bunch, Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, talks about how photographic images play a central role in shaping cultural identity. View more stories and photos at www.click.si.edu.
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- Will the Rainforest Survive? New Threats and Realities in the Tropical Extinction Crisis Part 2
- Runtime
- 2:58:17
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- An important debate has erupted in the scientific community concerning the magnitude of future species extinctions in the tropics. This debate was ignited by an in-depth analysis of expected human-population and forest-cover trends (S. J. Wright & H. Muller-Landau. 2006. Biotropica) and has generated great interest in the fate of tropical biodiversity (reviewed in W. F. Laurance. 2007. Trends in Ecology & Evolution). The debate centers around two different theories: Wrightâs position is based in part on United Nations figures that urbanism and lower population growth will allow abandoned areas to recover and tropical species to be spared versus Lauranceâs claims that secondary and degraded forests will sustain only a fraction of tropical biodiversity and that industrial agriculture, logging, mining, and economic globalization, rather than changing rural and urban populations, are becoming the dominant drivers of tropical deforestation.
More: http://www.si.edu/...
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- Will the Rainforest Survive? New Threats and Realities in the Tropical Extinction Crisis. Part 1
- Runtime
- 2:22:23
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- An important debate has erupted in the scientific community concerning the magnitude of future species extinctions in the tropics. This debate was ignited by an in-depth analysis of expected human-population and forest-cover trends (S. J. Wright & H. Muller-Landau. 2006. Biotropica) and has generated great interest in the fate of tropical biodiversity (reviewed in W. F. Laurance. 2007. Trends in Ecology & Evolution). The debate centers around two different theories: Wrightâs position is based in part on United Nations figures that urbanism and lower population growth will allow abandoned areas to recover and tropical species to be spared versus Lauranceâs claims that secondary and degraded forests will sustain only a fraction of tropical biodiversity and that industrial agriculture, logging, mining, and economic globalization, rather than changing rural and urban populations, are becoming the dominant drivers of tropical deforestation.
More: http://www.si.edu/...
- Title
- National Museum of American History Grand Reopening Ribbon Cutting
- Runtime
- 30:09
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- The National Museum of American History officially reopen to the public on the morning of Friday, Nov. 21, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. A procession of historical characters brought history back to the museum, kicking off a three-day festival that celebrated the new home of the Star-Spangled Banner. Colin Powell read the Gettysburg Address to an enthusiastic crowd. More at http://AmericanHistory.si.edu
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- National Museum of American History Grand Reopening Ribbon Cutting
- Runtime
- 30:09
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- The Museum officially reopened to the public on the morning of Friday, Nov. 21, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. A procession of historical characters brought history back to the museum, kicking off a three-day festival that celebrating the new home of the Star-Spangled Banner.
More at http://AmericanHistory.si.edu
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- President Bush Discusses U.S. Ocean Action Plan at NMNH
- Runtime
- 19:02
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- President Bush visited the new Sant Ocean Hall at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History on Sept. 26, 2008. He gave a speech on the U.S. Ocean Action Plan.
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- Water Quality: Turbidity
- Runtime
- 7:05
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Information regarding turbidity and the cloudiness of water in the chesapeake.
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- Blue Crab Molting/Mating
- Runtime
- 2:16
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Information regarding molting and mating in blue crabs and their importance to the Chesapeake Bay.
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- An Evening with America's First Female Thunderbird Pilot
- Runtime
- 1:20:23
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- For More Webcasts: http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/lectures/webcast/archive.cfm?siref=Youtube&video=thunderbird
An Evening with America's First Female Thunderbird Pilot
Maj. Nicole Malachowski
What's it like to be first? In March 2006, Maj. Nicole Malachowski debuted as the first woman pilot selected to fly in any American military demonstration team, in this case, the Air Force Demo Squadron better known as the Thunderbirds, flying F-16Cs. Major Malachowski's two seasons as Thunderbird #3 Right Wing broke another glass ceiling for women, but more importantly gave her a chance to do what she loves: fly with (and as) the best.
Major Malachowski saw her first air show at five years of age, started flying with the Civil Air Patrol at 12, and soloed at 16. She set her sights on becoming an Air Force pilot and never looked back. After excelling at the Air Force Academy she flew F-15Es all over the world including a tour...
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- Meet The Artist: Douglas Gordon Part 2 of 2
- Runtime
- 47:21
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- For More Information: http://hirshhorn.si.edu?siref=Youtube&video=douglasgordon2
The exhibition begins with 24 Hour Psycho (1993), a slowed-down version of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho. A different take on a familiar classic, it introduces many of the important themes in Gordon's work: recognition and repetition, time and memory, complicity and duplicity, authorship and authenticity, darkness and light.
For More Information: http://hirshhorn.si.edu?siref=Youtube&video=douglasgordon2
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- Meet The Artist: Douglas Gordon Part 1 of 2
- Runtime
- 1:01:21
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- For More Information: http://hirshhorn.si.edu?siref=Youtube&video=douglasgordon1
The exhibition begins with 24 Hour Psycho (1993), a slowed-down version of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 film Psycho. A different take on a familiar classic, it introduces many of the important themes in Gordon's work: recognition and repetition, time and memory, complicity and duplicity, authorship and authenticity, darkness and light.
For More Information: http://hirshhorn.si.edu?siref=Youtube&video=douglasgordon1
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- Matthew Barney at the Hirshhorn
- Runtime
- 1:32:53
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
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- Pluto, Eris, and the Dwarf Planets of the Outer Solar System
- Runtime
- 1:14:23
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- For More Webcasts: http://www.nasm.si.edu/webcasts/archive.cfm?siref=YouTube&video=PlutoErisDwarfPlanets
Pluto, Eris, and the Dwarf Planets of the Outer Solar System
Presenter: Mike Brown
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
The Kuiper Belt is a mysterious region beyond Neptune and stretching more than four billion miles from the Sun. Using powerful telescopes, scientists are scouring the Belt and beyond, finding hundreds of small frigid objects such as Eris, which is larger than Pluto and takes 560 years to orbit the Sun; and smaller Sedna, with an elliptical orbit that takes more than 10,000 years to complete. Join Mike Brown as he describes the hunt for these ancient and elusive worlds.
Mike Brown is Professor of Planetary Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology and the discoverer, along with colleagues, of Eris (formerly 2003 UB313), Sedna, and other distant bodies.
The 2007 Exploring Space Lectures, Jo...
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- Pluto, Eris, and the Dwarf Planets of the Outer Solar System
- Runtime
- 10:02
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Full Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHNO079G1i8
Pluto, Eris, and the Dwarf Planets of the Outer Solar System
Exploring Space Lecture webcast live on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Speaker: Mike Brown
Mike Brown is Professor of Astronomy at Caltech and the discoverer, along with colleagues, of Eris (formerly known as 2003 UB313), Sedna, Quaoar, and other TNO's (Trans-Neptunian Objects). We now have the capability of detecting Kuiper Belt Objects, at least the larger ones, directly, using Earth-based telescopes. Speaker Brown and colleagues have discovered several of them, including Sedna, Quaoar, and Eris. Pluto has lots of company! But are these really "planets," or was Pluto merely the first discovery of an entirely new class of objects? In 2006, the International Astronomical Union, the gatekeepers of astronomical nomenclature, re-defined the term "planet" to reflect our much-increased knowledge about our Solar System and, in the process, P...
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- Jamestown Archeology Project - Current Dig 06/06/2008
- Runtime
- 3:35
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- A brief interview with Dr. William Kelso, Chief Archeologist at Jamestown about the current dig site and recent discoveries.
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- 2008 Native Writers Series #1 - N. Scott Momaday
- Runtime
- 8:44
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) is a poet, novelist, playwright, scholar, and artist. In 1969, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his first novel, House Made of Dawn (Harper & Row). He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in 1960 and 1963, respectively. Momaday is regarded as the foremost author in Native American literature.
Momaday has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, numerous academic degrees, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was a founding trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian and founded the Buffalo Trust, a non-profit foundation for the preservation and revitalization of Native American cultural heritage. His latest book, Three Plays (University of Oklahoma, October 2007), is a collection of two plays and a screenplay, never before published. Momaday last appeared at the museum in December 2005, and his poem, "Sacajawea," is included in the Native Writers anthology CD, Pulling Down the Cloud...
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- An Evening with America's First Female Thunderbird Pilot
- Runtime
- 9:44
- Date posted
- 18 years ago
- Description
- Complete Video - http://www.nasm.si.edu/webcasts/archive.cfm?siref=YouTube&video=2008_03_27_General_Electric_Lecture.wmv
What's it like to be first? In March 2006, Maj. Nicole Malachowski debuted as the first woman pilot selected to fly in any American military demonstration team, in this case, the Air Force Demo Squadron better known as the Thunderbirds, flying F-16Cs. Major Malachowski's two seasons as Thunderbird #3 Right Wing broke another glass ceiling for women, but more importantly gave her a chance to do what she loves: fly with (and as) the best.
Major Malachowski saw her first air show at five years of age, started flying with the Civil Air Patrol at 12, and soloed at 16. She set her sights on becoming an Air Force pilot and never looked back. After excelling at the Air Force Academy she flew F-15Es all over the world including a tour in Iraq. Major Malachowski's no-nonsense character and superb flying ability have brought her high accolades throughout ...
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- Maya Lin at Smithsonian American Art - Updated Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNQUQLzKRk0
- Runtime
- 9:31
- Date posted
- 19 years ago
- Description
- Complete Lecture: http://americanart.si.edu/collections/clarice_smith/maya_lin.cfm?siref=youtube&video=2006Lin
Maya Lin
Art and Architecture
October 18, 2006
Maya Lin, one of the few individuals who has forged a path in both art and architecture, is at once a sculptor, architect, and designer. In all of her projects, Lin brings a contemporary perspective to the landscape by merging the rational order of high technology with organic forms. While Lin has created many socially motivated works of art, she is intent on avoiding didacticism and politics. Her monuments, including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982) in Washington, D.C., and the Civil Rights Memorial (1988—1993) in Montgomery, Alabama, have been highly acclaimed for creating an intensely private experience in a public context. Lin has won numerous awards, including the Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Complete Lecture: http://a...
