Lone Star Gazebo - Austin, Texas - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

This gazebo is situated on the north shore cliff overlooking Austin's Town Lake. A small stairway leads up to a concrete pad with a railing around it. The interesting feature of this gazebo is it's metal roof. The roof is designed as the Texas five-pointed star where each point of the star has two tones to give it a 3-dimensional look. In this star implementation half of of point is metal and the other half is open to the sky.

From the Smithsonian AIC Description:

A gazebo with five pointed star tin roof. Several sides of the tin roof are exposed to reveal the structural support underneath. Five steel columns support the large overhanging roof. At the top of the columns, a five pointed star and names of the artist, architect, public art coordinator appear below the stars. Above the inscribed stars, 18 large metal bolts connect the base of the roof to the columns. Another five-pointed star appears at the intersection of the roof in the middle of the gazebo.

TITLE: Lone Star Gazebo ARTIST(S): Sculptors: Rudolfo & Michael Ybarra; Architect: Tom Hatch DATE: 1995 MEDIUM: Tin and steel, painted CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX001121 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Adjacent to Buford Tower overlooking hike and bike trail and Town Lake along Cesar Chavez & Congress Avenue Austin, Texas DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None Noted

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