Sunday, December 6, 2009

Frank Lloyd Wright Synagogue in Pennsylvania a Symbolic Mount Sinai

December 1, 2009 by All Art  
Filed under Design & Architecture

ELIKINS PARK, PA (AP).-Did you hear the one about the rabbi and the architect? Few people have. Which is why the members of Beth Sholom — who worship in the only synagogue ever designed by Frank Lloyd Wright — are stepping forward to tell the story of how their landmark spiritual home was built. Described as a symbolic Mount Sinai made of concrete, steel and glass, the iconic building somehow never received the attention of [...]