The Architectural Accomplishments Of The New Clinton Library

3 December 2004 - 5:00am

The newly opened Clinton Presidential Library makes its mark on Little Rock.

The impressive metal and glass structures and a dramatic reshaping of the surrounding landscape that comprise the Clinton Presidential Library have remade 28 formerly industrial acres into "a welcoming, socially useful and strikingly beautiful sequence of spaces and experiences," according to Benjamin Forgey.

Source: The Washington Post, November 27, 2004
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