Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 13: Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
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Preferred Title:
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Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
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Image View:
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General view, depicting profile of canopy
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Creator:
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Frank Lloyd Wright (American architect, 1867-1959)
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Location:
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site: Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, United States
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Location Note:
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9400 West Congress Street
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GPS:
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+43.098770-88.0298998
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Date:
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1956-1961 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Modern; Twentieth century
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Work Type 1:
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church
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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concrete
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurements:
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106 ft (diameter, dome)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; religious; window; stained glass
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Description:
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"This church designed for the Greek orthodox congregation in the suburbs of Milwaukee was one of Wright's last commissions. In the last few years of his life he completed almost seventy works, several of which illustrate his interest in the circular form. (See, for example his Guggenheim Museum in New York City.) Wright died, however, in 1959 before the ground breaking of the church. Wright's circular design uses two important elements from Greek Orthodox churches, the dome and the Greek cross. The shallow concrete dome (106 feet in diameter) is superimposed on a floor plan in the shape of a Greek cross; the Greek cross inscribed within a circle is a key design element in the details of the church as well." (Source: Digital Imaging Project, Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University; http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Addition Module Three
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Identifier:
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1A1-WFL-GO-C2
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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