Unitarian Meeting House

Title

Unitarian Meeting House

Publisher

Lawrence Technological University

Date Created

January 30, 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)

Description

Exterior view of 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
copper (metal)

Reproduction Type

jpeg

ID Number

LTU-TO-250

Files

LTU-TO-250.jpg
Date Added
January 30, 2015
Collection
LTU Digital Images
Item Type
VRA Core
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Citation
“Unitarian Meeting House,” LTU Digital Images, accessed March 28, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/14274.