Mustangs at Las Colinas

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The Mustang in Las Colinas is a bronze statue by Robert Glen, which adorns Williams Square in Las Colinas in Irving, Texas.

The statue commemorates the wild mustangs that have historically been important residents in most of Texas. It depicts a group with a life size of 1.5 times, running through waterways, with a fountain giving a water effect that is doused by an animal's fingernails. Horses are meant to represent the unbridled impulses, initiatives, and lifestyles that are fundamental to the country in its pioneering times.

This work was commissioned in 1976 and installed in 1984. The SWA Group design creates a shallow channel that stretches 400 feet (130 m) from northeast to southwest across Williams Square, an open space paved with soft granite about 300 feet (110 m ) square. Setting the square for the statue won the National Honors Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects.

The buildings around the square rise 358 feet (26 floors) to the north and 217 feet (14 floors) on the east and west sides, with the south side open to O'Connor Boulevard. The statue is quite large, but the scale of the surrounding structure makes it dominate the space.

The Mustangs of Las Colinas Museum is located adjacent to the statue, at the East Tower at Williams Square Plaza. The museum features exhibits and films about work creations, as well as additional statues by Robert Glen.

Since it opened in 2012, the statue is accessible from the DART Orange Line stop at Las Colinas Urban Center station and the Las Colinas Convention Center station.

Mustangs at Las Colinas

Jumat, 29 Juni 2018