AUSTIN HINDU TEMPLE

LOCATION
Austin, Texas

SIZE/AREA
16,000 sf temple
6,000 sf courtyard

COMPLETION DATE
May 2013

CONSTRUCTION COST
$3,059,275

OWNER
Austin Hindu Temple

The Austin Hindu Temple is a 16,000 sf temple with an adjacent 6,000 sf courtyard with concrete tilt wall construction with a steel joist, metal deck and TPO roof. Five towers ranging from 30 to 65 feet tall rise from the temple floor through the roof and were constructed of concentric rows of concrete block. This project required sensitivity to the Hindu religion, extra effort to incorporate hand-crafted materials and had an unmovable completion date driven by Hindu auspicious dates which only occur twice a year. The temple opened on schedule and was commemorated by the 5-day religious ceremony of Kumbhabhishekam.

The entire structure will be receiving very ornate plaster on all the exterior walls and towers. The hand cast designs will greatly enhance the look of the Temple and will be crafted by specialized crews from India who travel all over the world performing similar ornamentation of temples.

This project was constructed in a geographical region containing poor soils which required the removal of 10 feet of onsite material under the building foundation and replacing it with recycled concrete.