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Temple Sinai
This synagogue in Rochester, New York, has a remarkable tentlike sanctuary with glass wall and ceiling, designed by James Johnson. Photographs, description and explanation of the symbolism from the official site.
http://www.tsinai.org/history.htm
The Building of Oseh Shalom
Description of a synagogue built in South Laurel in 1991 that has received awards for its innovative design, explaining the symbolism and history used by architect Travis Price.
http://www.oseh-shalom.org/building.htm
Constructing Reconstructionism
An illustrated, scholarly article by Laura Hartman of the University of Virginia, on the relationship of theology and architecture at the Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Synagogue in Bethesda, Maryland, built in 1999-2001 to the designs of Robert Schwartz and Keith Peoples.
http://www.adatshalom.net/constructing.html
House of Prayer
In this article from IS Design, Diane Wintroub Calmenson describes Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield, Michigan, designed by Neumann/Smith and Associates on a semi-circular plan. Includes floor plans.
http://www.isdesignet.com/Magazine/Mar'00/temple.html
Eric Mendelsohn and the Mount Zion Temple
Photographs, floor plans, and background on the last synagogue designed by Eric Mendelsohn.
http://www.cala2.umn.edu/arch5512/KammerMcNallanGiesen_Fields/ConstructionProject.html
Images of the B'nai Amoona Synagogue
Photographs and text on the first US synagogue designed by modernist synagogue architect Eric Mendelsohn.
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/missouri/stlouis/temple/mendelsohn.html
Star in the East
Reprinted article from "Architectural Review" about the post-Holocaust renaissance in German synagogue architecture.
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m3575/1273_213/99215196/p1/article.jhtml
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