With Metalab providing design optimization services and the concept developed by Shane Allbritton and Norman Lee of RE:site, River Spire celebrates those men and women who have served our country, in this case those veterans who have found a community at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Minneapolis. Building off a number of inspirations, including the natural beauty of the site's nearby river and symbols of the armed forces, River Spire features a sculptural spire of Corten steel plates twisting into the air with an infill of local river stones between plates.