Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation Oak Park
WEBUnity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the home of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation. It was designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and built between 1905 and 1908.
Unity Temple - Wikipedia
WEBUnity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church in Oak Park, Illinois, and the home of the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation. It was designed by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and built between 1905 and 1908.
Unity Temple - Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation
WEBWright designed two separate high, skylit spaces—one for worship, Unity Temple, and one for the congregation’s social gatherings, Unity House—connected by a low, central entrance hall. The temple’s plan was a perfect square, creating a wonderful sense of unity and allowing up to 400 congregants to be within 40 feet of the pulpit.
Unity Temple | Frank Lloyd Wright Trust
WEBCommissioned by the congregation of Oak Park Unity Church in 1905, Wright’s Unity Temple is the greatest public building of the architect’s Chicago years.
AD Classics: Unity Temple / Frank Lloyd Wright | ArchDaily
WEBJun 18, 2010 · More than a century ago Frank Lloyd Wright, whom we just honored on his birthday last week, designed one of the most famous sacred buildings in the United States, the Unity Temple. It was...
Unity Temple Tours | Frank Lloyd Wright Trust
WEBDiscover how the harmony of the building’s strikingly geometric architecture and decorative elements exemplifies Wright’s theory of organic design. Unity Temple is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Tours: Monday - Friday. Tour length. 45 minutes.
History - Unity Temple
WEBThe Temple would be among the first monumental buildings in the world to be built entirely of poured in place, exposed concrete. The honest and elegant exploitation of this seemingly base material at Unity Temple would become a hallmark of 20th century design.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple - Visit Oak Park
WEBThis UNESCO World Heritage Site is considered the greatest public building designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Unity Temple was a defining moment in Wright’s early career. He designed the church for his own Unitarian Universalist congregation from his studio just a few blocks away.
Restoration done Wright: A look inside Unity Temple
WEBJun 7, 2017 · Unity Temple's pews are original from 1908. The restored light fixtures now feature updated wiring and controls. The impressive geothermal HVAC system is hidden out of sight.
Unity Temple - SAH ARCHIPEDIA
WEBFrank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple is a house of worship of monumental repose, rather than soaring aspiration. Wright abandoned the time-honored ecclesiastical metaphor of reaching heavenward for a gesture rooted in the Earth, a “natural building for natural Man,” as Wright wrote in his autobiography.
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