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General Project Information

Architectural Credit:

Trahan Architects

Location: Springdale, Arkansas, United States
Project Substantial Completion Date: 10/10/2024
Program type(s): Public Assembly - Entertainment/Culture, Public Assembly – Recreation
Total Site Area (gross sq. ft): 60,9840
Total Building Area (gross sq. ft): 4,285
Project substantial completion date: 10/10/2024
Climate zone: 3A
Project site: Greenfield (previously undeveloped land)
Project team: Architect: Trahan Architects
Landscape Architecture: Spackman Mossop Michaels
Performance Power + Lighting: Schuler Shook
Acoustics + A/V: Threshold Acoustics, LLC
Performance Pavilion Fabricator: CIG Architecture
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, & Civil Engineering: Olsson
Structural Engineering: Spectrum Design Consultants
Construction Manager / General Contractor: Milestone Construction Company

Project Overview:
The Performance Pavilion at Luther George Park in Springdale, Arkansas, is a sculptural, dual-sided structure serving as both performance venue and public canopy. Spanning 150 feet with only two ground anchors, its weathering steel form appears weightless in the landscape. The material’s patina and warm tones echo the park’s ferrous soil and ochre sandstone of the Ozark Plateaus. Surrounding berms, native plantings, and trails weave through the site into the broader landscape, connecting the pavilion visually and experientially to the region’s rolling hills and natural terrain. The pavilion demonstrates a seamless relationship between structure, material, and place.

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