Lost Pines Chapel

This interfaith chapel for the Boy Scouts of America sits contemplatively within the pine forest on Lake Bastrop's banks, featuring 22 identical cedar frames connected by steel plates and bundled by tension cables. The frames rotate incrementally to create an arcing plan, with narrowing members that allow the upper portions to sway freely in the wind, creating a fluid quality that mirrors the lake's movement and reinforces the building's interfaith purpose through its symbolic mutability.

Read about the Chapel in Dwell Magazine

Design Team: LZT Architects Inc.; Murray Legge, Herman Thun, Lucas Brown
Engineering: PE Structural Consultants
Photography: Murray Legge
Size: 8,000 sf
Year Completed: 2007
Awards: 2010 American Architecture Awards, 2009 AIA Austin Design Excellence Award,
2008 Texas Society of Architects Design Excellence Award, 2008 International Wood Design Award