Unitarian Meeting House
Title
Unitarian Meeting House
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
February 3, 2015
Creator
Wright, Frank Lloyd
Creator2
O’Connor, Thomas (photograph)
Creator Nationality
American
Work Type
Single Built Works
Date
July, 1965
Work Location
Wisconsin (state)
Madison (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Modern (styles and periods)
Subject
churches (buildings)
marks (symbols)
ceramic tile
Description
Detail view of signature tile of Frank Lloyd Wright set in brickwork at the Unitarian Meeting House in Madison, Wisconsin designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1951. "The manner in which the stone is set at grade, providing a base for the building, integrates the church with its gently sloping site. The stone is laid to approximate the natural layering of the stone in the quarry, a gesture consistent with Wright’s organic intent. The scale of the building is relatively small, and aside from the soaring prow the church appears deeply settled in the ground ... The distinctive roof rising to a height of nearly forty feet above the central gathering space, or Auditorium, is sheathed in seamed copper and is “composed of origami-like folded copper clad planes.” The projecting ribs run horizontally across the roof rather than vertically, except where they follow the 60-degree angle of the gable over the prow, and serve a decorative rather than functional purpose,"--National Register of Historic Places.
Material/Medium
stonemasonry
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-TO-257
- Date Added
- February 3, 2015
- Collection
- LTU Digital Images
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- brickwork, churches, Modern, tiles
- Citation
- “Unitarian Meeting House,” LTU Digital Images, accessed May 5, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/14281.