UNITARIAN CHURCH

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Title	UNITARIAN CHURCH
View	Detail of the south elevation
Notes	religious
Work Type	church
Style/Period	Modern
Creator Name	Kahn, Louis I.
Creator Nationality	American, Russian born
School of Creator	Modern
Date.Creator Birth	1901
Date.Creator Death	1974
Major Design Aspects	structure expressed modular repetitive forms
Elements & Spatial Types	light scoop auditorium
Climate Type	cold temperate
Country	United States of America
City	Rochester
State/Province	NY
Architectural Material	brick, concrete
Structural System	cast-in-place reinforced concrete
Patron	Unitarian Church
Dates	1959-1967
Century	20C
Photographer	Scott Gilchrist, Archivision
Date Photographed	4/30/1997
Subject Information	All the materials used for this structure were ones that did not need an added finish: brick, exposed wood, concrete block, and poured concrete. In areas to be covered by poured concrete, which he called 'liquid stone', Kahn considered carefully the fact that the hardened concrete surface would bear the impression of the wooden forms. Kahn took into account the Unitarian faith when he designed the building, placing the sanctuary, an area of questioning, directly in the center with surrounding corridors and classrooms representing places of learning. 'Kahn's initial concept sketch began with a question mark, chosen to represent the sanctuary, at the center of the building surrounded by a circle to serve as an ambulatory representing the shades of belief possible in a Unitarian congregation. Surrounding all were the classrooms of the church school, in Kahn's words 'so the school became the walls which surround the question.''. source www.rochesterunitarian.org/Building_desc.html
Credit Line	Archivision Inc. (all images copyright Scott Gilchrist / Archivision.com)
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)
Collection information	Collection administered by the Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193

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