Unity Temple (Oak Park, Illinois): 1905-1908
Unity Temple (Oak Park, Illinois): 19 05-1908 Unity Temple was built between 1905 and 1908. It is a Unitarian church in Oak Park, Illinois. It's also the home of the Unity Temple Congregation. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, who designed more than 1,000 structures. He believed in designing structures that were in harmony with its environment. He called it organic architecture. The temple is considered by many architects to be the first modern building in the world. When the original Unity Church burned down, the Universalist congregation of Oak Park turned to Frank Lloyd Wright to design the new structure. The congregation needed a space of worship and a community room. There were some problems that the architect had to work with like budget issues. The budget was small for what the congregation was asking for, the budget was $40...