Landscaping idea of Texas Union Courtyard

University of Texas, Austin, Beautiful Landscaping idea of Texas Union Courtyard serve public space for outdoor dining that provides shade and welcomes patrons while maintaining circulation. The east courtyard of the Texas Union survived as a stagnant plaza between buildings of different architectural characters, serving as a shortcut from West Campus to the West Mall. McKinney York gives brilliant landscaping idea for Texas Union Courtyard, outdoor dining space polished by steel arbor accented with granite pavers provides a backdrop to the dining area, screens the adjacent building, and delineates a path through the space. In the middle Courtyard landscape there was a beautiful fountain to generate a focal point and provides white noise along with a psychological cooling effect to Texas Union Courtyard. New paving, furniture, lighting, limestone planters and landscaping complete the revitalization Courtyard. -via-