Lost Pines Art Center

The Lost Pines Art Center is a comprehensive regional arts facility built on an iconic historic site, the 100-year-old Powell Cotton Seed Mill. The new Center is a two-story facility that includes a large art gallery, community gathering space, offices, conference room, art studios, foundry, hot glass shop, ceramics kiln, coffee shop, and gift shop. The building exterior was constructed with a proprietary metal roof and siding system that consists of high-recycled content steel that is used to create a heat-avoiding ventilated radiation barrier system. The site included four large steel silos that were preserved and repurposed – three into working art studios and one as a residence for visiting artists. Sitework included construction of an outdoor pavilion, small amphitheater, a large green space for festivals, artificial stream, stone walls, a rainwater collection system, and water storage cisterns.