- Blueprints at Addison Circle
Blueprints at Addison Circle is a steel sculpture located in
Addison, Texas inside a 133-foot diameterroundabout . The sculpture consists of 25 poles and five art panels. The sculpture weighs 410,000 pounds and required 650 gallons of paint. The sculpture is more than 4 stories high and 140 feet across. It was designed by landscape architect Michael Van Valkenburgh and artistMel Chin with the aid ofLeMessurier Consultants , and was fabricated and erected by Big D Metalworks of Dallas. The poles weighing 9,000 pounds were made inHouston, Texas and the tapered cones at the top of the poles were made inNew Jersey . The structure was dedicated on April 13, 2000. The design is said to resemble the branching pattern of a grove ofoak tree s. The five art panels were designed using actualblueprints from Addison’s municipal buildings, parks, bridges, and water pumping facilities. Total cost for the sculpture was 2.1 million dollars. The nighttime lighting was designed by Stephen Bernstein of Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design.External links
* [http://www.addisontexas.net/what_to_do/Attractions/blueprints.asp addisontexas.net]
* [http://www.addisontx.gov/Departments/parks/News___Articles/Blueprints_At_Addison_Circle.asp addisontexas.gov]
* [http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Texas/Addison-875602/General_Tips-Addison-BR-1.html#0 virtualtourist.com]
* [http://www.archlighting.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=0&articleID=452791 archlighting.com]
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