{"id":2865,"date":"2017-02-07T18:45:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T17:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.architect-us.com\/?p=2865"},"modified":"2017-03-07T13:31:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T12:31:04","slug":"will-you-believe-this-is-frank-lloyd-wrights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architect-us.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/will-you-believe-this-is-frank-lloyd-wrights\/","title":{"rendered":"WILL YOU BELIEVE THIS IS FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT\u2019S?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Once I stood in front of this <strong>marvelous facade<\/strong>, I did believe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On my way to <strong>Philadelphia<\/strong>, I decided to stop by <strong>the only synagogue designed by Frank Lloyd Wright<\/strong> &#8211; a singular and almost awkward building that erects from a little hill in the middle of the vast residential suburb of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elkins_Park,_Pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\">Elkins Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Built in the 50\u2019s<\/strong> and mistakenly judged as an example of the <a href=\"http:\/\/untappedcities.com\/2012\/02\/24\/architecture-spotlight-art-decos-mayan-revival\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cMayan Revival\u201d<\/a> architecture style (can anyone explain me what does that mean in the XX century?), this synagogue is <strong>the most astonishing Wright\u2019s creation<\/strong> I\u2019ve ever seen. The steep roof is made out of translucent fiberglass panels that allow sunlight come in during the day and artificial lighting come out at night, transforming the <strong>triangle-shaped building<\/strong> into a beacon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Light as the main character of a church, as well expressed by <a href=\"https:\/\/cooper.edu\/events-and-exhibitions\/events\/current-work-glenn-murcutt\">Glenn Murcutt in his recent lecture at the Cooper Union<\/a> &#8211; its <strong>historical and cultural meaning<\/strong>, its chromatic quality, its power to invoke introspection, reflection or illumination, its rhythm, its intangible value. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbscommunitycenter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beth Sholom Congregation<\/a> made me feel odd at a first glance, suspicious later and eventually a certain familiarity and warmth that I can\u2019t really describe. Therefore, <strong>I highly recommend its visit and getting into the central space<\/strong> in order to understand what I\u2019m talking about \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">From Hebrew, Beth Sholom means <strong>House of Peace<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Its historical and cultural meaning, its chromatic quality, its power to invoke introspection, reflection or illumination, its rhythm, its intangible value. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":3298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[723],"tags":[283,611,797,663,110,56,230],"class_list":["post-2865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-architecture-curiosities","tag-architecture-landmark","tag-beacon","tag-beth-solomon-congregation","tag-frank-lloyd-wright","tag-philadelphia","tag-trainee","tag-weekend"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WILL YOU BELIEVE THIS IS FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT\u2019S? 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