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178: 159:, and was fabricated and erected by Big D Metalworks of Dallas. The poles weighing 9,000 pounds (4,100 kg) were made in Houston, Texas and the tapered cones at the top of the poles were made in New Jersey. Total cost for the sculpture was $ 2.1 million. The nighttime lighting was designed by Stephen Bernstein of Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design. 170:
from Addison's municipal buildings, parks, bridges, and water pumping facilities. Of the work Chin said “I chose to represent in this the physical representation of blueprints, the infrastructure that you don’t see—and to celebrate the ideas floating above you.”
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Addison Circle and the surrounding area was built in 1997 to create a more traditional walkable urban town center; it is a 133-foot-diameter (41 m)
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officially unveiled on April 13, 2000. It is one of approximately 20 works of
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The sculpture is said to resemble the branching pattern of a grove of
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13 m × 43 m (43 ft × 140 ft)
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Addison Parks Department: Blueprints at Addison Circle
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Michael Van Valkenburgh
Mel Chin
Addison, Texas
Coordinates
32°57′41″N 96°49′33″W / 32.96140°N 96.82594°W / 32.96140; -96.82594
Addison, Texas
public art
roundabout
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Sharpie blue
Mel Chin
Michael Van Valkenburgh
LeMessurier Consultants
oak trees
blueprints




"6 Ways to Absorb Addison, Texas' Arts and Culture"
"Addison is a small town big on public art"
"Addison Circle"


"Mel Chin and Michael Van Valkenburgh: Blueprints at Addison Circle, Addison, Texas"
Sculpture
"The "Blueprints" steel sculpture in Addison Circle, an urban park in Addison, Texas, a Dallas suburb"
"Masterpiece of the month: 'Blueprints' at Addison Circle"
The Dallas Morning News
Liao, Alice "Blueprint Special" Architectural Lighting Magazine, April 2, 2002

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