Temple Beth Zion
- Architect
- Max Abramovitz
- Year
- 1966
- Style
- Brutalism
- City
- Buffalo, NY
Temple Beth Zion was completed in 1966, designed by Max Abramovitz — who also co-designed Lincoln Center — in a modern, Brutalist idiom. The synagogue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
the building
Sculptural facade. The building presents a distinctive sculptural Brutalist facade to the street, an assertive modern form for a synagogue.
the style
Temple Beth Zion is built in a modern, Brutalist style, giving it a sculptural, boldly modern presence unusual for a religious building of its era.
More on Brutalismthe architect
Max Abramovitz was a notable modernist architect, known as a co-designer of Lincoln Center in New York.
significance
Temple Beth Zion is a National Register of Historic Places listed place.
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- Fosdick-Masten Park High School
- Birge-Horton House
- Kleinhans Music Hall
- William Dorsheimer House
- Edwin M. and Emily S. Johnston House