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)
loggias
interior views
Description
Interior view of loggia 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. "The Loggia [5] is a long corridor leading west from the Auditorium. On one side are the original classrooms which have been converted to staff offices and a library. The opposite wall of glass with diamond-shaped stone piers creates an outdoor mural, ever changing with the seasons,"--First Unitarian Society website.
Material/Medium
stonemasonry
glass (material)
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-266
- Date Added
- February 3, 2015
- Collection
- LTU Digital Images
- Item Type
- VRA Core
- Tags
- churches, interior views, loggias, Modern
- Citation
- “Unitarian Meeting House,” LTU Digital Images, accessed May 5, 2024, https://ltuimagecollection.omeka.net/items/show/14290.