It's "Acqua Alle Funi," by Fermilab's founding director, Robert Rathbun Wilson, cowboy, physicist, and sculptor. Read the link for more.
Wilson also designed the345 kV power-line poles. He didn't like the conventional criss-cross high-voltage tower.
He had firm opinions on how the place should look. He kept the architects on a tight leash. He tried weird ideas for building designs. Some of them worked well. He appointed an Aesthetics Committee to pick a paint scheme, and to ensure that Fermilab still looked like Fermilab as new construction projects grew up over the years.
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timeasmymeasure
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Date: 2010-12-30 02:38 am (UTC)Or would you have to kill me after you told me?
And those are some INTERESTING power-line poles!
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Date: 2010-12-30 05:40 am (UTC)Wilson also designed the345 kV power-line poles. He didn't like the conventional criss-cross high-voltage tower.
He had firm opinions on how the place should look. He kept the architects on a tight leash. He tried weird ideas for building designs. Some of them worked well. He appointed an Aesthetics Committee to pick a paint scheme, and to ensure that Fermilab still looked like Fermilab as new construction projects grew up over the years.
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Date: 2010-12-30 03:42 am (UTC)Bruce
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Date: 2010-12-30 05:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-12-30 01:53 pm (UTC):-)
A Happy New Year, Bill!
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Date: 2010-12-30 03:21 pm (UTC)