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buildings and urban form. Valgora traveled extensively to continue his studies in France, Italy, and Japan. At Harvard University, Valgora studied under Pritzker prizewinners Alvaro Siza and Raphael Moneo. Valgora has been a guest critic at Cornell University, Harvard University, the Rhode Island School of Design, University of California at Berkeley, and the Pratt Institute. Valgora worked for Fred Koetter, a protégé and co-author with Rowe, and moved to England in 1988 to open their London offices. Valgora designed the waterfront sections of Canary Wharf, and was subsequently awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to the United Kingdom where continued his investigations into the redesign of industrial waterfronts[1]. His Fulbright project for the Royal Docks culminated in an exhibition of his designs, paintings, photographs, and models at Big Sky Studio in London, with German painter Antje Siebrecht[2] and English painter Nial Keane. Valgora helped design a theatre for Cirque du Soleil, the first W Hotel, Downtown Disney, Mohegan Sun Resort, and the Kodak Theatre for the Academy Awards as design director of Rockwell Group from 1993 through 1998[6]. In 1998, Valgora became design principal for WalkerGroup/CNI where he designed buildings in the United States, Japan, Peru, Spain, and Chile. At this firm, Valgora began to advance his ideas combining contemporary design with historic and industrial architecture with his designs for the RKO Keith Theater[7], Empire Stores [8], and Anable Basin[9]. In 2000, Valgora established V Studio as an experimental design studio to study the relationship of interactive media and design. Valgora work combining media and architecture included collaboration with contemporary composer Robert Ruggieri on the