Public Art and Architecture from Around the World

Category: Wisconsin

  • Grandview

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    7351 Route WI-39 Hollandale, Wisconsin This lovely and imaginative spot well in the countryside of Wisconsin is the creation of Nick Engelbert. In 1937, after his children were grown, Nick Engelbert began to build an elaborate arched porch of concrete around the front entrance of his farmhouse, ultimately covering every inch of the outside surface…

  • A. D. German Warehouse

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    300 South Church Street Richland Center, Wisconsin The Albert Dell German Warehouse was designed by  Frank Lloyd Wright in the  Mayan Revival style, between 1917 and 1921. While there is some controversy, it is believed that Wright was born in Richland Center, making this his only building in his birth town. The building is a…

  • Wisconsin Historical Society

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    816 State Street University of Wisconsin, Madison Campus The building that houses the Wisconsin Historical Society (officially the State Historical Society of Wisconsin) is an excellent example of the classicism that followed the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago The organization is simultaneously a state agency and a private membership organization. Founded in 1846 and chartered…

  • The State Capitol of Madison, Wisconsin

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    There is more information on the State Capitol of Madison than many I have seen.  So I will just be touching on the art and architecture, rather than the history, of this magnificent building. It is important to point out that the people take very seriously that this is the building of the people, so…

  • The Jacobs I House

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    Madison, Wisconsin 441 Toepfer Avenue Traveling with the VSA we had the true pleasure of touring the home of James Dennis, who graciously opened his home and took time to answer all of the questions we could possibly throw at him. The home is the first of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian homes and was originally…

  • The Unitarian Meeting House

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     Madison, Wisconsin Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1951, when Wright was 84 years old, this church is recognized as one of the world’s most innovative examples of church architecture and one of Wright’s more influential buildings. Despite being one of the more stunning buildings in Madison it was almost not to be.…

  • Taliesin East

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    Spring Green, Wisconsin So very much has been written about Taliesin that it seems silly to write a post about it, but it has been on my list of architectural sights to see ever since my father took me to Taliesin West when I was 10. Taliesin was named in honor of FLW’s Welsh heritage,…

  • Wyoming Valley School

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    Spring Green, Wisconsin Built in 1957, the building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, who donated his design and 2 acres of land to the Wyoming School District in honor of his mother, Anna Lloyd-Jones Wright.  It is the only public school ever designed by Wright. The story goes that the school had land close…