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.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
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.