After a fire destroyed its church around 1900, a Unitarian Universalist congregation asked one of its members, Frank Lloyd Wright, to design an affordable replacement. Using poured concrete with metal reinforcements -- a necessity due to a small $40,000 budget -- Wright created a building that on the outside seems as forbidding as a mausoleum but inside contains all the elements of the Prairie...
Frank Lloyd Wright’s signature right angles and austere lines dominate once again in the Unity Temple, his most memorable and impressive work-but conventional weight and solidity are balanced expertly by light and open space. Its sanctuary, at once as Spartan as a pioneer chapel and as welcoming as your grandmother’s kitchen, boasts pews on three levels and three sides, offering a sense of both...
A historic landmark that remains alive with music and spirit.:
In Short
The Unity Temple is the last surviving major public building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie School period. It's considered one of the most complex spaces in 20th century...