bDot architecture

Honoring the past while embracing new possibilities, the reimagined canopy at the Alabama Center for Architecture is both shelter and story, weaving earth and sky into a single canvas. Its perforated design celebrates Alabama’s remarkable geology—echoing the boundaries of diverse soils—while recalling the fiery Leonid meteor shower of 1833, famously called “the night the stars fell.” Bound together by the number 1-8-1-9, the year Alabama became a state, this romantic composition both shields visitors from the elements and invites them to pause in wonder. In melding the hidden patterns below and the luminous spectacle above, the canopy stands as a testament to the enduring creative spirit that thrives within.