Adaptive reuse is actually a hybrid of building types, one that integrates the construction techniques used in restoration, preservation, retrofitting, and new construction. Globally, a vast inventory of structures exists that have outlived their original purposes but not lost their embedded value. Churches have proved to be excellent opportunities for adaptive reuse. Usually formulaic in plan and section—a voluminous sanctuary wrapped in a series of ancillary rooms and passageways—and built to last, older churches tend to be structurally sound, with thick masonry foundations and old-growth timber trusses. An ideal example is an 1832 former Methodist Church in the village of Sag Harbor, New York. Deconsecrated in 2008, it was sold and then resold before being acquired by the prominent artists and community activists April Gornik and Eric Fischl. Now permanent residents of Sag Harbor, they envisioned converting the 12,000-square-foot church into a community-focused cultural incubator that will feature an artists-residency program with on-site accommodations, studios, exhibition galleries, a library, and a public garden. They entrusted the transformation to Lee H. Skolnick, with whom they have collaborated for 35 years.