Editing Unity Temple (section)

== Impact ==
When Unity Temple was completed, it differed significantly from other local churches' designs.<ref name="Siry p. 130" /> Wright considered Unity Temple to be his first completed concrete-building design,<ref name="Saint p. 162" /><ref>{{cite news |date=October 4, 1953 |title=Frank Lloyd Wright and His Art |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |pages=SM26 |id={{ProQuest|112564807}} |postscript=none}}; {{Cite magazine |last=Del Campo |first=Santiago |date=Apr 1954 |title=An Afternoon With Frank Lloyd Wright |magazine=Americas |page=11 |volume=6 |issue=4 |id={{ProQuest|1797186012}} }}</ref> and it was reportedly the first major reinforced-concrete building constructed in the U.S.<ref name="Oak Leaves 1957b" /><ref name="Posner 1992" /><ref name="Gapp 1992">{{Cite news |last=Gapp |first=Paul |date=March 13, 1992 |title=Deity of U.S. Design |work=Sun Sentinel |page=3E |id={{ProQuest|388948852}} }}</ref> The temple is also an early example of a building with an exposed-concrete facade,<ref name="Saint p. 163" /><ref name="Oak Leaves 1946b" /> contrasting with earlier concrete structures in Europe, whose surfaces were typically concealed behind cladding.<ref name="Saint p. 163" /> [[Paul Gapp]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' wrote retrospectively that Wright's use of concrete was "a daring risk at the time".<ref name="Gapp 1992" />

Unity Temple has been cited as an early example of modern architecture,<ref name="The Manchester Guardian 1939">{{Cite news |date=May 9, 1939 |title=The American "Pioneer" Architect |work=The Manchester Guardian |page=10 |id={{ProQuest|484618839}} }}</ref> with Wright citing it as his first modern-style building.<ref name="Gibson e506" /> The Oak Park ''Wednesday Journal'' wrote in 2017 that Unity Temple was "considered by many to be the world's first 'modern' building".<ref>{{cite web |last=Sikora |first=Lacey |date=June 6, 2017 |title=Wright in time |url=https://www.oakpark.com/2017/06/06/wright-in-time/ |access-date=February 9, 2025 |website=Wednesday Journal }}</ref> According to Wright's wife [[Olgivanna Lloyd Wright|Olgivanna]], after the temple was finished, foreign architects copied elements of its design.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wright |first=Olgivanna Lloyd |date=March 13, 1961 |title=Our House |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times-our-houseolgivanna-ll/164635454/ |access-date=February 3, 2025 |work=The Capital Times |pages=3 }}</ref> Unity Temple's design has been credited with having helped inspire the European architects [[Le Corbusier]], [[Walter Gropius]], [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]], and [[Peter Behrens]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Wallach |first=Amei |date=February 13, 1994 |title=Architect of the American Dream Frank Lloyd Wright Imposed His Visions on Our Environment – Leaky Roofs and All |work=Newsday |issn=2574-5298 |id={{ProQuest|278723044}} |postscript=none}}; {{Cite news |last=Coletti |first=Paul |date=February 21, 1969 |title=Frank Lloyd Wright: 'The Early Years' |work=Boston Globe |page=29 |id={{ProQuest|366725724}} }}</ref> In addition, Unity Temple has inspired the design of structures such as the Maisonneuve Fire Station in [[Montreal]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rose |first=David |date=October 23, 1993 |title=Heritage buildings victims of neglect; Protected status offers no guarantee |work=The London Gazette |page=J5 |id={{ProQuest|432505216}} }}</ref> the Emerson Unitarian Church in [[Houston]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September–October 2004 |title=Spiritual Landmark |magazine=UU World : The Magazine of the Unitarian Universalist Association |page=19 |volume=18 |issue=5 |id={{ProQuest|201504767}} }}</ref> and the [[Kunstmuseum Den Haag]] building in [[The Hague]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Giovannini |first=Joseph |date=Jun 1999 |title=For the people |url=https://usmodernist.org/AJ/A-1999-06.pdf |magazine=Architecture: The AIA Journal |pages=133–137 |volume=88 |issue=6 |id={{ProQuest|227795495}} }}</ref> The emphasis of materials and light in Unity Temple's design helped inspire later buildings such as [[Notre-Dame du Haut]] and the [[First Unitarian Church of Rochester (building)|First Unitarian Church of Rochester]].<ref>{{cite web |date=January 19, 2025 |title=Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright's Approach to Sacred Space |url=https://archeyes.com/unity-temple-frank-lloyd-wrights-approach-to-sacred-space/ |access-date=February 7, 2025 |website=ArchEyes }}</ref>

=== Reception ===
[[File:Lloyd Wright Unity Temple sanctuary 1.jpg|thumb|View of the auditorium from the balcony]]

Upon the temple's completion, images of the auditorium were published in ''Inland Architect and News Record'' magazine.<ref name="Siry pp. 192–193" /> Local newspaper ''[[Pioneer Press#Pioneer Press community newspapers|Oak Leaves]]'' called it "the most radical departure in traditional church architecture ever attempted",<ref name="Siry p. 130" /> and the same newspaper said the "severe simplicity of the exterior of the building [...] gives one little hint of the beauty of the interior".<ref name="Sokol p. 100" /> A writer for the ''Chicago Daily Tribune'' said Unity Temple's modern design represented "the present, the twentieth century, the modern spirit, thought, faith, the modern freedom, the modern ideal".<ref>{{cite news |last=Krecker |first=Ada May |date=May 16, 1909 |title=A Church of Which Oak Park Is Proud |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |page=H4 |id={{ProQuest|173528161}} }}</ref> ''[[Architectural Record]]'' praised the acoustics as "not sonorous and [...] only slightly reverberant".<ref name="Oak Leaves 1976a">{{cite web |last=Niedert |first=Kathy |date=January 28, 1976 |title='Music's sound is perfect here' |url=https://riverforest.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011975-12311976&e=unity%20temple&m=between&ord=e1&fn=forest_leaves_usa_illinois_oak_park_19760128_english_47&df=1&dt=10 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Oak Leaves |page=47 |via=River Forest Public Library }}</ref> Conversely, [[Winthrop Kendall]] regarded the building as unattractive, "without a vine or a tree to relieve its massive monotony",<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 29, 1909 |title=Defends the Architecture of Churches in Oak Park |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-defends-the-architecture/164303510/ |access-date=January 30, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |pages=6 }}</ref> and disappointed congregants likened the temple to a [[Mesoamerican ballgame|Mayan handball]] court.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goodman |first=Walter |date=November 10, 1998 |title=Television Review; A Visionary's Dreams, Disguised as Buildings, Altered the Landscape |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/10/movies/television-review-visionary-s-dreams-disguised-buildings-altered-landscape.html |access-date=February 7, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US }}</ref>

In 1928, a writer for ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' described Unity Temple as one of a few buildings that expressed Wright's "idea of the thing—made to sing to heaven",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Scarborough |first=Katherine |date=October 18, 1929 |title=America Sing Its Own 'Frozen Music': Less Than Two Centuries Required for Its Use in Architecture |work=The Baltimore Sun |page=1 |issn=1930-8965 |id={{ProQuest|543542652}} }}</ref> while the ''[[Wausau Daily Herald]]'' said the design "gave rise to the cubical monolith".<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 3, 1928 |title=Wright's Love Affairs Would Fill Big Book |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wausau-daily-herald-wrights-love-affair/164618689/ |access-date=February 3, 2025 |work=Wausau Daily Herald |pages=8 }}</ref> A writer for the ''[[Manchester Guardian]]'', in 1939, described Unity Temple as one of Wright's "pedigree buildings".<ref name="The Manchester Guardian 1939" /> A ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'' article in 1961 said Unity Temple still "looks quite fresh and contemporary today",<ref name="McCue 1961" /> and ''[[The Buffalo News]]'' likened the building to a "visiting spaceship" in 1981,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bull |first=John V. R. |date=April 5, 1981 |title=Wright's Legacy Is at Home in Oak Park, Illinois |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-buffalo-news-wrights-legacy-is-at-h/164866714/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=The Buffalo News |pages=70 }}</ref> and architectural historian [[Vincent Scully]] called it "small, yet large" and one of the nation's most beautiful buildings.<ref name="nyt-1984-09-02" /> After the auditorium's interior restoration was completed in the 1980s, a ''[[Boston Globe]]'' editor said the auditorium was "almost as shocking as the restoration of the [[Sistine Chapel]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Campbell |first=Robert |date=May 5, 1987 |title=Crumbling National Treasures It's Time to Restore Frank Lloyd Wright's Houses |page=67 |id={{ProQuest|294429166}} }}</ref> The architectural critic [[Paul Goldberger]] perceived Unity Temple as representing "a kind of symbolic gathering and communal presence, monumental dignity in a public place",<ref>{{cite web |date=November 12, 2018 |title=Unity Temple |url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/frank-lloyd-wright/unity |access-date=February 8, 2025 |publisher=PBS }}</ref> calling it one of "the greatest religious structures" of the 20th century.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |date=December 26, 1982 |title=Housing for the Spirit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/26/books/housing-for-the-spirit.html |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US }}</ref>

A writer for ''[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]'' in 1996 contrasted Unity Temple's "blocky" massing with the low-roofed design of [[Robie House]] on Chicago's [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]].<ref name="Biemiller 1996" /> David M. Sokol, in his 2008 book ''The Noble Room'', wrote that the temple's "majesty and importance" was partially derived from the fact that it was not arranged as typical church buildings had been.<ref name="Sokol p. 83" /> A writer for ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote that the building may have been one of Wright's favorite designs because it was "imposing yet elegant".<ref name="Jeffrey b0492" /> After the temple's renovation was finished in 2017, a ''[[Curbed]]'' writer said the building's imposing concrete facade "belies what's inside",<ref name="Koziarz j035" /> while a ''Chicago Tribune'' writer called the auditorium "magnificent sanctuary noted for its high skylights of amber-tinted leaded glass".<ref name="Dechter 2017" /> [[Blair Kamin]] wrote for ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' in 2025 that the temple's exterior was "monolithic, not monotonous" because of its use of textured concrete and geometric motifs, while "the sanctuary is as serene as architecture gets".<ref name="Kamin 2025" />

Unity Temple has also received architectural accolades. In 1959, the [[American Institute of Architects]] (AIA) deemed Unity Temple as one of 17 buildings designed by Wright that merited the highest levels of architectural preservation.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 22, 2017 |title=Seventeen Buildings Honored by the American Institute of Architects |url=http://www.wrightontheweb.net/his-works/17-buildings/ |publisher=Wright on the Web }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Board of Directors, American Institute of Architecture |title=Seventeen Buildings Worthy of Preservation |url=http://communities.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/AIA%20scans/T-Z/17%20FLW%20buildings.pdf |access-date=November 2, 2012 |publisher=American Institute of Architects }}</ref> A 1991 poll in ''[[Architectural Record]]'' magazine ranked Unity Temple as one of the 10 most significant buildings in the United States from the previous century.<ref name="Johnson o698" /> The temple's 2017 restoration received several awards, including the [[American Institute of Architects]]' Crombie Taylor Award,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kamin |first=Blair |date=October 26, 2018 |title=Restored Unity Temple, Loop CTA station highlight winners of architecture awards |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2018/10/26/restored-unity-temple-loop-cta-station-highlight-winners-of-architecture-awards/ |access-date=October 28, 2018 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |language=en-US }}</ref> the [[World Monuments Fund]]'s Modernism Prize,<ref>{{cite web |last=Testado |first=Justine |date=November 7, 2018 |title=Preservation of Karl Marx School wins 2018 WMF/Knoll Modernism Prize, special mention awarded to restored Unity Temple by Frank Lloyd Wright |url=https://bustler.net/news/6939/preservation-of-karl-marx-school-wins-2018-wmf-knoll-modernism-prize-special-mention-awarded-to-restored-unity-temple-by-frank-lloyd-wright |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=Bustler |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=McGrath |first=Katherine |date=November 7, 2018 |title=World Monuments Fund Announces the Winner of the 2018 WMF Knoll Modernism Prize |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/world-monuments-fund-announces-winner-2018-wmfknoll-modernism-prize |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=Architectural Digest }}</ref> the Urban Land Institute's Vision Award,<ref>{{cite web |title=ULI Chicago names nine winners at 2019 Vision Awards – REJournals |url=https://rejournals.com/uli-chicago-names-nine-winners-at-2019-vision-awards/ |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=REJournals – Commercial real estate news }}</ref> and the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation's Preservation Award.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sheridan |first=Stacey |date=October 14, 2019 |title=Unity Temple snags Driehaus Award |url=https://www.oakpark.com/2019/10/14/unity-temple-snags-driehaus-award/ |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=Wednesday Journal |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Schaenzer |first=Amie |date=October 11, 2019 |title=Oak Park Unity Temple Wins National Preservation Award |url=https://patch.com/illinois/oakpark/oak-park-unity-temple-wins-national-preservation-award |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=Oak Park-River Forest, IL Patch }}</ref>

=== Media ===
[[File:Oak Park Il Unity Temple4.jpg|thumb|Side view of Unity Temple's facade]]

Wright's building has been the subject of several books. Unity Temple was detailed in Ernst Wasmuth's 1910 ''[[Wasmuth Portfolio]]''.<ref>{{harvnb|Siry|1996|ps=.|page=227 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Brooks |first=H Allen |date=June 1, 1966 |title=Frank Lloyd Wright and the Wasmuth Drawings |magazine=The Art Bulletin |page=195 |volume=48 |issue=2 |id={{ProQuest|1296205989}} }}</ref> The historian [[Joseph Siry]] wrote a book about the church's architecture in 1996,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Balmer |first=Randall |date=Mar 1999 |title=Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright and Architecture for Liberal Religion |magazine=Church History |pages=223–224 |volume=68 |issue=1 |id={{ProQuest|217517179}} }}</ref> while Robert McCarter published another book the following year with photographs of the temple.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Donald |date=December 21, 1997 |title=Built to Last |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-post-gazette-built-to-lastdo/164941776/ |access-date=February 8, 2025 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |pages=76 |issn=2692-6903 }}</ref> [[Patrick F. Cannon]] published a book about the temple through the Unity Temple Restoration Foundation in 2009,<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Walton |first=Christopher L. |date=Winter 2009 |title=Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple: A Good Time Place |magazine=UU World : The Magazine of the Unitarian Universalist Association |page=57 |volume=23 |issue=7 |id={{ProQuest|201541149}} }}</ref> which received an accolade from the [[Independent Publisher Book Awards]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sikora |first=Lacey |date=May 24, 2023 |title=Book on Unity Temple awarded gold medal |url=https://www.oakpark.com/2023/05/24/book-on-unity-temple-awarded-gold-medal/ |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=Wednesday Journal }}</ref>

The [[Library of Congress]] acquired photographs and documents about Unity Temple in 1967.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 30, 1967 |title=Wright Buildings Set for Archives |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-wright-buildings-set-for/164474990/ |access-date=February 1, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |pages=364 }}</ref> Additionally, the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (MoMA) in New York displayed images of the temple in 1965<ref>{{Cite news |last=Huxtable |first=Ada Louise |date=May 18, 1965 |title=Architecture: Trend-Setting Departures and Pinnacles of Excellence in U.S.; The Modern Displays Changes Since '00 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1965/05/18/archives/architecture-trendsetting-departures-and-pinnacles-of-excellence-in.html |access-date=February 3, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US }}</ref> and 1988.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |date=February 7, 1988 |title=Architecture View; Wright Seen Anew as an Architect of Thoughts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/07/arts/architecture-view-wright-seen-anew-as-an-architect-of-thoughts.html |access-date=February 7, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US }}</ref> Local photographer [[Redd Griffin]] created a slideshow with images of Unity Temple in the 1970s,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bach |first=Erwin E. |date=May 18, 1977 |title=Show turns poetry of Wright into visual reality |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-show-turns-poetry-of-wri/164862105/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |pages=80 }}</ref> and drawings of the temple have also been displayed at the [[Phoenix Art Museum]] in Arizona<ref>{{Cite news |last=Goldberger |first=Paul |date=February 6, 1990 |title=Review/Architecture; Frank Lloyd Wright Is Lauded in Phoenix With His Own Work |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/06/arts/review-architecture-frank-lloyd-wright-is-lauded-in-phoenix-with-his-own-work.html |access-date=February 7, 2025 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US }}</ref> and at the Oak Park Library.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kamin |first=Blair |date=October 31, 1996 |title=Picture perfect: Oak Park Library show a proper tribute to Wright |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-picture-perfect-oak-par/164937468/ |access-date=February 7, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |pages=71 }}</ref> The temple was detailed in the Scottish filmmaker [[Murray Grigor]] 's 1982 documentary about Wright's Oak Park buildings.<ref name="Oak Leaves 19820519">{{cite web |last=Kilzer |first=Mary |date=May 19, 1982 |title=Film flames Scot's desire to know why Wright isn't right at home |url=https://riverforest.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?k=home%20studio&i=f&by=1982&bdd=1980&d=01011982-12311982&e=lloyd%20wright&m=between&ord=e1,k1&fn=forest_leaves_usa_illinois_oak_park_19820519_english_55&df=1&dt=10 |access-date=February 12, 2025 |work=Forest Leaves |page=55 }}</ref> In addition, the 2020 documentary ''Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright's Modern Masterpiece'', produced by [[Lauren Levine]] and narrated by [[Brad Pitt]], details the temple's renovation.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hickman |first=Matt |date=October 21, 2020 |title=A Brad Pitt-narrated documentary about restoring the Unity Temple will soon be available for streaming |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2020/10/brad-pitt-narrated-documentary-about-restoring-unity-temple-will-soon-be-available-for-streaming/ |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=The Architect's Newspaper }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Neira |first=Juliana |date=October 12, 2020 |title=Unity Temple: Frank Lloyd Wright's Modern Masterpiece Documentary is Coming |url=https://www.designboom.com/architecture/unity-temple-frank-lloyd-wrights-modern-masterpiece-documentary-10-12-2020/ |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=designboom |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |date=October 30, 2020 |title=Weekend watch: Brad Pitt recounts the story of Unity Temple in this new Frank Lloyd Wright film |url=https://thespaces.com/brad-pitt-unity-temple-frank-lloyd-wright-film/ |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=The Spaces }}</ref>

=== Landmark designations ===
Unity Temple was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP) in April 1970;<ref>{{cite web |date=May 13, 1970 |title=2 Wright works put on roster |url=https://riverforest.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011970-12311972&e=unity%20temple&m=between&ord=e1&fn=forest_leaves_usa_illinois_oak_park_19700513_english_12&df=1&dt=10 |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Oak Leaves |page=12 |via=River Forest Public Library }}</ref> such a designation allowed properties to receive federal funds for restoration.<ref name="Oak Leaves 1971c" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=July 23, 1972 |title=Mills house listed in national register |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-journal-mills-house-listed-in-natio/164839807/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=News Journal |pages=5 }}</ref> The building was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] on December 30, 1970,<ref>{{cite web |date=March 29, 2007 |title=NHLs Associated with Frank Lloyd Wright |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/nhls-associated-with-flw.htm |access-date=February 6, 2025 |publisher=U.S. National Park Service }}</ref> and was re-added to the NRHP at that time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 14, 1971 |title=Wright buildings named historical landmarks |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-wright-buildings-na/164834472/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=The Arizona Republic |pages=110 }}</ref> A plaque commemorating the National Historic Landmark designation was installed in June 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 7, 1971 |title=Unity Temple Dedicated as U.S. Landmark |via=newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-unity-temple-dedicated-a/164834312/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |issn=1085-6706 |pages=30 }}</ref> Oak Park officials considered including Unity Temple as part of a municipal historic district in 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneidman |first=David |date=September 19, 1971 |title=Meeting to Discuss Historical Status of Oak Park Portion |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-meeting-to-discuss-histo/164840504/ |access-date=February 6, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |pages=24 |via=newspapers.com |issn=1085-6706 }}</ref> When the district was created the next year, however, it excluded the temple.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schneidman |first=David |date=February 13, 1972 |title=Oak Park Approves Frank Lloyd Wright Landmark District |work=Chicago Tribune |page=W9 |issn=1085-6706 |id={{ProQuest|170204582}} }}</ref>

The [[United States Department of the Interior]] nominated Unity Temple and nine other Wright–designed buildings to the World Heritage List in 2015;<ref>{{cite web |last=Hopey |first=Don |date=January 30, 2015 |title=Fallingwater one of 10 Wright structures nominated for World Heritage List |url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2015/01/30/Frank-Lloyd-Wright-s-Fallingwater-Laurel-Highlands-nominated-inclusion-World-Heritage-List/stories/201501300216 |access-date=December 9, 2024 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |issn=2692-6903 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Ten Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Nominated for UNESCO Distinction |url=https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/10-frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-nominated-for-unesco-distinction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241128133816/https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/10-frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-nominated-for-unesco-distinction/ |archive-date=November 28, 2024 |access-date=November 28, 2024 |website=Metropolis |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Winston |first=Anna |date=February 3, 2015 |title=Frank Lloyd Wright buildings nominated for UNESCO World Heritage List |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/03/frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-nominated-unesco-world-heritage-list-guggenheim-taliesin-fallingwater/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702132302/https://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/03/frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-nominated-unesco-world-heritage-list-guggenheim-taliesin-fallingwater/ |archive-date=July 2, 2024 |access-date=November 28, 2024 |website=Dezeen }}</ref> the buildings had previously been nominated in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 26, 2008 |title=World Attention Fallingwater is Commanding a Greater View |issn=2692-6903 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |pages=B.6 |id={{ProQuest|390486630}} }}</ref> UNESCO added eight properties, including Unity Temple, to the World Heritage List in July 2019 under the title "[[The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Axelrod |first=Josh |date=July 7, 2019 |title=UNESCO Adds 8 Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings To Its List Of World Heritage Sites |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/07/07/739359081/unesco-adds-8-frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-to-its-list-of-world-heritage-sites |access-date=January 18, 2025 |publisher=NPR |postscript=none}}; {{cite web |last=Tareen |first=Sophia |date=July 7, 2019 |title=Guggenheim Museum Added to UNESCO World Heritage List |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Guggenheim-Museum-Added-to-UNESCO-World-Heritage-List--512323791.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708030357/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Guggenheim-Museum-Added-to-UNESCO-World-Heritage-List--512323791.html |archive-date=July 8, 2019 |access-date=January 18, 2025 |publisher=WNBC }}</ref>