Unity Temple
church, Oak Park, Illinois, United States
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construction by Wright
- In Frank Lloyd Wright: The early Chicago years
…church of Oak Park, Illinois, Unity Temple, was under way; in 1971 it was registered as a national historic landmark. Built on a minimal budget, the small house of worship and attached social centre achieved timeless monumentality. The congregation still meets in the building’s intimate, top-lit cube of space, which…
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feature of Oak Park
- In Oak Park
…Oak Park buildings include the Unity Temple (1905), which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2019, and the Moore-Dugal Home (1895). The novelist Ernest Hemingway was born and grew up in what is now Oak Park; his birthplace is preserved, and the village has a museum devoted to…
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