Typical of Livestrong's freestanding offices, lots of glass, built of repurposed beams holding up the roof of a paper distribution company.

You never know who you're going to run into. In this case, Livestrong's CEO Doug Ulman is entertaining WTC's CEO Andrew Messick and CMO Erik Vervloet.

This building is one of Austin's architectural treasures, not for what it is, but for what it isn't: expensive and gaudy.

You can build a Best Places to Work office out of a warehouse in the bad side of town, if you put your mind to it.

Livestrong employees are surrounded by the fruit of their work and the need to continue it.

The building, the offices, the job, the organization, all strike a posture of transparency.

Half the roof of this building was torn out to make way for natural lighting. Beams like this provided the wood to build the offices.

What were ceiling beams are now benches in the cafeteria.

Unless you want authentic street tacos, you either eat here for lunch or you drive quite a distance.

Armstrong contemplated his own decisions in his personal fight with cancer while seated at this table, which is now in Livestrong's cafeteria.

Employees find reminders of the organization's purpose throughout the building.

One wants a bit of color: (Albert - Nathan Lane - in The Birdcage)

Founders gave money to start this foundation before Armstrong won his first TdF.

Founding members include Tom Weisel, a sponsor of Armstrong's going back to his Suburu Montgomery days.

The building features a lot of art, which is from Armstrong's personal collection. As I could find no Dogs Playing Poker on the walls, this was my favorite art piece in the building.

Dr. Craig Nichols and his gracious wife Ellen. Gents, assuming the situation calls for it, this is the one man on earth you want fondling your testicles.