World Fellowship Center. Conway, New Hampshire

Architecture and Design

1942

Marion Mahony Griffin
American, 1871–1961

Though she is most known for her Prairie School designs, Marion Mahony Griffin devoted herself to writing and progressive causes in the late 1930s and ’40s. Working with American pacifist and feminist Lola Maverick Lloyd, Mahony Griffin planned a large, unrealized retreat center for the peace organization World Fellowship of Faiths. Intended to celebrate the power of individuals to pursue peace after the trauma of the war, Griffin’s geometric design blends a colony of cottages and recreational facilities into the topography of the landscape.

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Architecture and Design

Artist: Marion Mahony Griffin (Architect)
Title: World Fellowship Center. Conway, New Hampshire
Place: Conway (Building address)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1942
Medium: Black and red ink on linen
Inscriptions: see "Physical Description"
Dimensions: 90.7 × 87.2 cm (35 3/4 × 34 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Marion Mahony Griffin through Eric Nicholls
Reference Number: 1988.8.2

The Art Institute of Chicago, “Past Forward: Architecture and Design Collection at the Art Institute,” September 12, 2017 – January 21, 2018.

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