In Dialogue Between Epochs-Introduction -- "A Gift from the Past"-Interview -- Three Examples from the Work of RKW -- Refurbishing School and University Buildings -- Renovating Modern Movement Facades -- Working on Existing Buildings - Experience Gained by a Structural Engineer -- Three Refurbishment Stories from Baroque to Bauhaus -- ADDITION -- Würzburg Cogeneration Plant -- Pier Arts Centre -- Cafeteria in the Zeughaus Ruin -- Museum Kunst der Westküste -- Roof for the Kleiner Schlosshof -- Enschede Culture Cluster -- Neo Leo Vertical Living -- Rose am Lend -- Franz Mehring School -- Chesa Albertini -- TRANSFORMATION -- Punta della Dogana -- Rossio Railway Station -- Sparkasse Berchtesgadener Land -- Weinstadt Town Hall -- Heuried Residential Complex -- Lesezeichen Salbke -- Bachmann Confiserie -- School in Dagmersellen -- Blumen Primary School & Bernhard Rose School -- University of Stuttgart's K II Building -- Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops -- Siesmayerstraße Office Building -- CONVERSION -- Fahle Building -- Andel's Hotel Lodz -- Gymnasium in a Hangar -- Wildau Laboratory Building -- Alvéole 14 Cultural Center -- Zehdenick Brickworks Museum -- Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore -- St. Joseph's House at Waldsassen Abbey -- Library in Ebracher Hof -- Terra Mineralia in Freudenstein Castle -- Further Reading -- Architects' Websites & Photo Credits -- Editor, Authors, Text Sources & Acknowledgments.