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Rap, tap, tap goes the riff on the cymbal as the piano plays mezzo forte and the alto sax
and trumpets file in with a response. The composition of compelling music can be tran-scendent.
It can enable one to escape, to dream, and to perhaps surrender.
The same can be said about the composition of compelling architecture. At the offices of
Kersting Architecture, founded by Michael Ross Kersting, a spectacular nighttime photo
of the award-winning “Surrender” home is displayed on a flat screen in the conference
room. The moonlit image captures Surrender’s illuminated frame.