Events & Programs
October – December 2024
November 7
Wright Virtual Visits November 2024: Historic Park Inn Hotel
On Facebook
The Wright Virtual Visits online event series will visit the Historic Park Inn Hotel, the only hotel designed by Wright still in operation, in Mason City, Iowa.
Streaming live at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, 10:00 a.m. Pacific, on Facebook. The recording will be archived to view on this page after the event.
November 14
Book Talk with Anat Geva on The Architecture of Modern American Synagogues, 1950s-1960s
Virtual Event on Zoom
In the aftermath of World War II, the United States experienced a rapid expansion of church and synagogue construction as part of a larger “religious boom.” The synagogues built in that era illustrate how their designs pushed the envelope in aesthetics and construction. The design of the synagogues departed from traditional concepts, embraced modernism and innovations in building technology, and evolved beyond the formal/rational style of early 1950s modern architecture to more of an expressionistic design. The latter resulted in abstraction of architectural forms and details, and the inclusion of Jewish art in the new synagogues.
The Architecture of Modern American Synagogues, 1950s–1960s introduces an architectural analysis of selected modern American synagogues and reveals how they express American Jewry’s resilience in continuing their physical and spiritual identity, while embracing modernism, American values, and landscape.
Join us for a talk with author Anat Geva, whose recent book prominently features Wright’s Beth Sholom Synagogue (1954).
