"An exciting environment with a nice playfulness to it," was the jury’s opinion of this humanities-oriented children’s museum. Located on one of Raleigh’s historic squares, the 70,000-square-foot brick structure incorporates an existing 23,000-square-foot masonry warehouse. The architects and a sculptor worked to blur the distinction between art, architecture and exhibits to support the museum’s themes of choice, change, interconnectedness and perception. The World Wall, constructed of stainless steel panels supporting 1.2 million glass marbles, transforms the building with a translucent image of the earth from outer space. A vaulted light scoop with a corrugated, perforated metal ceiling provides a natural balance of daylight to the main lobby.