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NASHER SCULPTURE GARDEN San Antonio, TX

Type: Cultural Facility

Located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District, the Nasher Sculpture Center is home to one of the finest collections of modern and contemporary sculptures in the world, the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, featuring more than 300 masterpieces. The garden is designed by landscape architect Peter Walker, and is made up of rotating exhibitions of works from the Nasher family collection as well as special exhibitions drawn from other museums and private collections. Accent lighting was carefully designed to articulate the sculptures, and fountain lighting featured submersible LED lighting shooting light from one side of the fountain to other side. Bamboo is back lit with in-ground HID lamps. Accent spot lighting is achieved from mounting the fixtures strategically on the trees. Lighting was carefully integrated with the trees and landscape elements with least intrusion on tree trunks. Light pollution into neighborhood spaces was mitigated using specific optics of luminaires designed to minimize light spills.