Frank Lloyd Wright’s Unity Temple — A Visit
Inside serenity contrasts with the outside concrete fortress
“The mission of an architect is to help people understand how to make life more beautiful, the world a better one for living in, and to give reason, rhyme, and meaning to life.” -Frank Lloyd Wright, 1957
People love how they feel when visiting Frank Lloyd Wright’s buildings.
We may understand many parts of the whole: attention to detail, bringing the outside in, open spaces, horizontal lines, harmony, and a space that is beautiful, and acoustically pleasing. The houses blend building materials that fit into the natural surroundings. The building accommodates to the setting.
I grew up in a mid-century modern house and bought a mid-century house as an adult that were modest tract homes influenced by Wright principles. They had flat or very low-pitched roofs, large overhanging eaves, clerestory windows in the private spaces, and large living room windows facing a park-like backyard.
I was raised on the prairies of North Dakota and Minnesota where the horizon and flat lines were part of the landscape and part of the character of its…
