Government Canyon Visitor Center, Helotes, Texas

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Government Canyon Visitor Center
Designer Lake/Flato Architects, San Antonio, Texas, USA
Location Helotes, Texas, USA
Date to October 2005
Building Type Exhibition and Exposition
Construction System steel, corrugated metal, glass
Climate Hot Temperate
Context Rural
Architectural Style Neo-Vernacular
Street Address 12861 Galm Rd
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Client Texas Parks and Wildlife
Cost under $15 Million US Dollars
Area 4,240 sq. feet (394 sq. meters)
Site 2 acres (0.8 hectares)
Program Exhibit hall, park store, classrooms, offices, and an outdoor pavilion.
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"Government Canyon Visitor Center forms the gateway to the 8,600-acre Government Canyon State Natural Area. It includes an exhibit hall, a park store, classrooms, offices, and an outdoor pavilion.

"Government Canyon lies along the Balcones Escarpment on the recharge zone of the Edwards Aquifer, the sole source of drinking water for the city of San Antonio, in an area under immense development pressure. The goal of the project, a karst aquifer preserve, was to protect and restore the natural landscape while creating high-use, low-maintenance, and economical structures that reinforce the mission of the Natural Area." – http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=796



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