Public Art

Philip Lamb has participated in several public art
projects in the Dallas area. Examples below include
the Dallas Convention Center Expansion, 1994,
DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) Union Station
Light Rail platform, 1996, DART Addison Transit Center,
1997, DART White Rock Light Rail Station, 1997, and
the Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute at Brookhaven
College. From the thumbnails below, select the projects
you wish to see in more detail.

 

Dallas Convention Center Expansion, 1994

Mr. Lamb was one of a team of 5 artists who collaborated from 1990
through 1994 to create a public artwork with the terrazzo floor of the
Dallas Convention Center Expansion.


Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART),
Union Station Light Rail Platform murals, 1996

In 1994, Mr. Lamb received a commission from DART to design and
produce 12 murals to be displayed in wind screens on the light rail
platform of the Union Station light rail platform, downtown Dallas.
They are each 4 by 5 feet in size, and are executed in terrazzo.

 


Dallas Area Rapid Transit,
Addison Transit Center, 1997 (Opened June 7, 1999)

Mr. Lamb was hired as the Design Artist for the Addison Transit
Center, Addison, Texas. Working with the architect and landscape
architect, and with input from a community committee, Mr. Lamb
derived a plan for public art.

Gateway/Arbor Photo murals in vaulted ceiling


Dallas Area Rapid Transit,
White Rock Light Rail Station, 1997

Commissioned in 1997, the White Rock Light Rail Station art program was
designed by Mr. Lamb. It includes a large arbor, cast concrete columns
that echo a WPA building in the nearby White Rock Park, and steps among plantings for seating.


 

Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute,
Brookhaven College, Farmers Branch, Texas, 2001

This artwork was commissioned to honor the patron whose gift made
possible the renovation of the Ellison Miles Geotechnology Institute
at Brookhaven College.


Pedestrian Concourse,
Dallas Love Field, Dallas, Texas, 2003

Commissioned by the City of Dallas, Mr. Lamb and Susan Magilow produced this artwork in partnership.


Chalkboard murals,
Lark on the Park restaurant, Dallas, Texas

Murals that were on display for three months at a time. Starting in 2013.