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Photos from the October 12 football game between the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Northwestern University at Camp Randall Stadium. The Badgers won big, 35-6.
Bucky Badger flashes a W.
Photos of the University of Wisconsin Badgers beating the University of Texas-El Paso Miners 37-26 at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday, September 22.
Built in phases between 1911 and 1959, this Prairie and Organic Modern-style house and office were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright to serve as his family residence and studio, with two fires leading to substantial reconstruction of the house in 1914 and 1925. The house, which is named “Taliesin”, Welsh for “Shining Brow” or “Radiant Brow”, referring to the hill upon which it is situated, is a long and rambling structure with multiple sections built at different times, with the building serving as a living laboratory for Wright’s organic design philosophy, as well as growing with Wright’s family, wealth, and business. The house sits on a hill surrounded by fields, but is notably located below the top of the hill, which Wright saw as being such a significant feature of the landscape that it should remain untouched by the house’s presence. The house’s westernmost wings served as the home of livestock and farm equipment, as well as a garage, later becoming housing for the Taliesin Fellowship, where aspiring architects apprenticed with Frank Lloyd Wright. The central wing served as the Frank Lloyd Wright studio, where Wright and his apprentices and employees worked on projects for clients, as well as where Wright often met with clients. The eastern wing served as the Wright family’s residence, and was rebuilt twice, in 1914 and 1925, after being destroyed by fire, and is overall the newest section of the complex, though some portions of the west and central wings were added after the main phase of construction of the residence was complete.
The house is clad in stucco with a wooden shingle hipped and gabled roof, with stone cladding at the base and on piers that often flank window openings, large casement windows, clerestory windows, outdoor terraces and balconies, stone chimneys, and glass french doors, all of which connect the interior of the building to the surrounding landscape. The interior of the buildings feature vaulted ceilings in common areas, stone floors, stone and plaster walls, decorative woodwork, custom-built furniture, and multiple decorative objects collected by Wright during his life. The exterior of the house has a few areas distinctive from the rest of the structure, with a cantilevered balcony extending off the east facade drawing the eye towards the surrounding landscape from the living room of the residence, next to a large set of glass doors that enclose the living room and adjacent bedroom from a shallower cantilevered terrace, while to the west of the residence, and south of the central wing, is a landscaped garden, which rests just below the crest of the hill.
The building was the full-time home of Wright from 1911 until 1937, when Wright began to spend his winters at Taliesin West in Phoenix, Arizona, due to the effects of the Wisconsin winters on his health. For the rest of Wright’s life, the house was the summer home of Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship, and following his death, the house was deeded to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, which operated and maintained the house as a museum and the home of multiple programs until 1990. Since 1990, the house has been under the stewardship of the nonprofit Taliesin Preservation Inc., which operates the house in conjunction with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. The building is a contributing structure in the Taliesin Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1976. Taliesin was one of eight Frank Lloyd Wright buildings listed as The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2019. Today, Taliesin is utilized as a museum, offering tours and interpretation of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life and work.
Tracy Gest, Miss Wisconsin 2005, when she visited my local show, the Stimmung Stunde, to play "Stille Nacht" on the piano. That rendition will be included in the TKPN Podcast Christmas Special 2006.
Part of the Harry Whitehorse International Wood Sculpture Exhibit at Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI
Wisconsin State Capitol Building in Madison, northeast (East Washington) entrance, on a misty night in October
This may be my last one from the Wisconsin bike trip. It reminds me a bit of southern folk art, where the perspective is flattened. I did some processing on this to try to enhance the effect.
The badger above the entrance to the Supreme Court chamber.
Photos from a walk through the State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin.
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo departs Joint Base Andrews for Madison, Wisconsin on September 23, 2020. [State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]
Image from the bishop's Visitation to St. Thomas Church, Neenah-Menasha, Wisconsin on sunday, April 21, 2013.
Amtrak's King Tut commemorative unit on the westbound Empire Builder at Columbus, Wisconsin on September 25, 2012. Trailing unfortunately...
One frosty morning in December, 2012 in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum south of Monroe Street near the Lime Kiln Spring
This is a 4 cylinder air cooled engine mounted to a wagon with a buzz saw that is used for sharpening fence posts on the family farm. It doesn't get used much, but it always does a good job! :)
P.S. The detail in the really large size has to be seen! Thanks for reminding me to put that in the description jdawg!