Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 10, 2008
"Fill'er Up" trails state's gas station history
"Fill'er Up: The Glory Days of Wisconsin Gas Stations," a new book by Jim Draeger and Mark Speltz that traces the history of gas station architecture in the state. It's heavily illustrated and a great read. We talk to the authors.
Tags: Jim Draeger, Mark Speltz, Fill'er Up, gas station, pagoda, Wisconsin Historical Society, architecture

Arts & Entertainment - Jan. 10, 2008
Present Music, MAM join forces for "Art, Architecture and Music"
Labeled a gallery night for the eyes and ears, "Art, Architecture & Music" brings together a night of juxtapositions: audio and visual, old and new.
Tags: art, architecture, music, present music, milwaukee art museum

Milwaukee Buzz - May 31, 2007
Mayor announces design awards
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett honors the proprietors and designers who collaborated to make 20 city sites more bold and interesting when he presents the 2006 Urban Design Awards during a ceremony today at 5:15 p.m. at UWM.
Tags: Mayor, Barrett, Architecture, Design Awards, Greenstreet, Enderis, Annona, Amaranth, Hemingway

Milwaukee Buzz - Sept. 10, 2006
Sunday Sound-off: What is Milwaukee's ugliest building?
What is your least-favorite building in Milwaukee? Also, what you think the Third Ward still needs.
Tags: sound-off, third ward, architecture

Travel & Visitors Guide - April 18, 2006
Wright's final design blends desert form, function
Wisconsin's most renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, designed buildings all over the world. But the last project Wright designed before he died in 1959 probably wouldn't be standing today if it was built in its intended location -- as an opera house in Baghdad, Iraq.
Tags: wright, Taliesin, phoenix, tempe, architecture, Gammage, FLW, Baghdad, Iraq