Sunday, October 26, 2008

Wright's Unity Temple for the Unitarian Universalist Church

Frank Lloyd Wright began the design for this structure that" functions as a church, a performance space and an artistic catalyst" in 1905.


This is a solid cement building, unimposing from the street, but so special once inside.

From a flyer we got when touring the Unity Temple:
Charged with providing a new Unitarian Universalist Church to replace one lost to fire, Wright was constrained by a small budget, a narrow site on a busy street, and the need for a building to serve a variety of functions. Wright's desire to create a house of worship expressing the powerful simplicity of ancient temples prompted his request that it, too , be named a temple rather than a church.

I have always been intrigued with the Unitarian Church and reading their Welcome sign, I knew why.