Join us for a special tour of North Shore Congregation Israel, designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki in 1963. Set on the bluffs overlooking Lake Michigan, this synagogue embodies Yamasaki’s New Formalist vision: its monumental, reinforced concrete vaults simultaneously evoke Gothic structural forms, while its materials and detailing are clearly modern. The voids between the concrete shells are filled with clear and colored glass, creating an interior described by Yamasaki himself as "a confluence of daylight and solids." In 1979, architect Thomas Beeby designed a small sanctuary addition. This Postmodern cylinder encloses a cubic sanctuary with gilded walls and echoes of classical architecture.
$15 Docomomo members / $40 non-members
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