Architecture

The plans for a home designed by Wisconsin’s Frank Lloyd Wright were on his drawing board when he died in 1959. For over six decades the design remained unbuilt. Until now.

A listener in Madison asked WPR’s WHYsconsin project why so many older homes in Wisconsin have an exposed toilet sitting in the unfinished basement.

Both of Superior’s Carnegie library buildings are now for sale. The East End library, which became a private residence in 1992, is on the market for $375,000. The Central Branch, which has been vacant since 1992, is in serious disrepair.

In western Wisconsin, an online design library offers the local community ideas to build small housing units on the existing property of a home.

You asked, so we found out why it seems like Wisconsin’s Capitol is visible from anywhere in Madison.

Urban Sketchers is a global organization that encourages people to sketch their surroundings with groups of people.

The build kits, sold by Lindal Cedar Homes, are inspired by Wright’s Usonian homes, a concept the architect came up with in 1936.

The 100 red-cushioned seats in the Hillside Theater will be open once again for shows starting Saturday after years of renovations at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin compound in Spring Green.

The future of two historic Milwaukee museum’s is up in the air as the county is facing a looming budget deficit. 

The Madison diocese hopes to open a new cathedral by late 2025.