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The information presented here exhibits the extent to which John Geiger considered many points of reference related to a given Frank Lloyd Wright project. Aside from basic information such as title, location, and project date, Geiger extended his interests to types of floor and roof plans, types of construction and building purpose, and where possible the dates of the various stages of development in the design process and construction. Geiger often included citations for bibliographic references as sources for the recorded information in an elaborate but unevenly developed series of attributions.

Project Information

Civic Center for Madison, Wisconsin, "Olin Terraces" and later "Monona Terrace", project [Madison, Wisconsin] (1938)

Note: The following information concerning this project represents original research and analysis by John Geiger, and is based in his long and detailed study of the Frank Lloyd Wright literature as well as personal contacts with members of the Taliesin Fellowship and architectural historians. In addition, he added his own categories of building type and compositional form, as well as other points of consideration that he deemed important to understanding of the design. As with any primary archival source material, the references and sources of attribution should be consulted where possible to affirm the data provided. Sometimes there is an indication of attribution for which there is no matching footnote recorded. Some understanding of the intended source may be discovered in remaining notes or frequently cited publications which appear in the comment field.

Name of client: Harloff, Paul E..

Sobriquet or alternative place name: Monona Terrace.

Design Status (as of 2011): Unbuilt.

Occupancy form or use: CIVIC/Civic Center.

Principal building materials: CONCRETE/Poured in place.

Number of drawings for this project detailed in the database: 16.

Drawing Number and Description

3909.001     Pespective from lake
3909.002     Aerial perspective looking towards lake
3909.003     Aerial perspective looking towards the lake
3909.005     Site plan, conceptual plan by Wright
3909.006     Plan, rough with work by Wrifght and an elevation
3909.007     Plan at courtlevel, rough and geometric
3909.008     Plan. court and more geometry
3909.008     Site and floor plans
3909.010     Cross section
3909.011     Section
3909.013     Roof top parking (showing existing buildings)
3909.014     Floor plan Civic Auditorium and City and County offices
3909.018     Floor plan City and County second floor
3909.021     Floor plan City and County courts and auditotium balcony
3909.022     Floor plan city and county Gaols and cross section
3909.023     Site plan, rough concept plan by Wright

Individuals recorded as contributing to project:

Note: Not everyone who contributed to a project may be named; only those whose participation has been confirmed from a source appear above. Occasionally names presented as contributors to a project may seem chronologically anomalous. This usually occurs when an individual prepared drawings for publicity, exhibition, or publication long after the original date of a commission.

Individuals recorded as producing drawings for this project:
Howe, John
Wright, Frank Lloyd


Notes and References

Comments by John Geiger and/or sources of attribution: (1) The perspective from the lake, 3909.001, has the date "OCT 1938" as part of the drawing title. Geiger 05/09/96.

Note: The information shown above is collected from a series of data table columns intended originally to record not only comments or notes, but also to cite sources of attribution for dates assigned to the various stages of drawing preparation in the design process. As with any primary archival source material, the references and sources of attribution shown here should be consulted where possible to affirm the data provided.

This commission is referenced and/or illustrated in the following publications:

Cleary, Richard. Merchant Prince and Master Builder: Edgar J. Kaufmann and Frank Lloyd Wright. Seattle, Washington: Universitry of Washington Press. [ISBN: 0-88039-036-0].
Drexler, Arthur. The Drawings of Frank Lloyd Wright. New York: Horizon Press. [ISBN: 0-8180-0019-8].
Menocal, Narcisso (editor). Wright Studies, Volume Two: Fallingwater and Pittsburgh. Southern Illinois University Press. [ISBN: 0-8093-1956-X].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright Drawings: Masterworks from the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives. New York: Harry H. Abrams Inc.. [ISBN: 0-8108-1773-4].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1936-1941 (Volume 6). Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita. [ISBN: 4-87140-517-6].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph Preliminary Studies, 1933-1959 (Volume 11). Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita. [ISBN: 4-87140-522-2].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph, In His Renderings 1887-1959 (Volume 12). Tokyo: A. D. A. Edita. [ISBN: 4-87140-523-0].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Frank Lloyd Wright: The Complete Works 1917-1942 (Volume 2). Cologne, Germany: Taschen. [ISBN: 978-3-8365-0926-8].
Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks. Treasures of Taliesin: Seventy-Six Unbuilt Designs. Southern Illinois University Press. [ISBN: 0-8093-1235-2].
Riley, Terence and Reed, Peter (editors). Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect. New York: The Museum of Modern Art. [ISBN: 0-87070-642-X].