Unity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church building that houses the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 875 Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The structure, designed by the architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the Prairie style, is cited as an early example of modern architecture. [3] .

2010年6月18日 · 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...

Wright 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.

Commissioned 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.

Finally, on September 26, 1909, more than four years after Unity Church burned to the ground, the new home of the Congregation was dedicated during Sunday services. Following the dedication, the Board of Trustees issued a resolution thanking Frank Lloyd Wright.

Unity Temple (1905-08) is Frank Lloyd Wright’s only surviving public building from his Prairie period. Limited by a modest budget and an urban site, Wright created an innovative design and used unconventional materials to produce one of the most sophisticated accomplishments of …

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Modern Masterpiece, Unity Temple is an homage to America’s most renowned architect. The film pulls back the curtain on Wright’s first public commission in the early 1900’s to the painstaking efforts to restore the 100 year old building back to its original beauty.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple in the leafy Chicago suburb of Oak Park shatters just about every convention of religious architecture. There’s no picturesque steeple. No easy-to-find,...

This 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 …

In addition to many early Wright structures, including the Frederick Robie House and the Avery and Queene Coonley House – both masterpieces of Wright’s Prairie style – Wright also designed the Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois. Wright was a lifelong member of the Unitarian church and, after the wood-framed Unitarian Universalist Church ...