Quaker Meeting House
The Quaker Meeting house, designed in 1960, was commissioned by a Boulder group of Quakers on a very tight budget. With economy as the first concern, Haertling visualized a partially underground building in two eye-shaped parts, separating the meeting room from the educational and social areas. The entrance court creates an intimate feeling leading inside to a high windowless wall on the north side. The windows to the south, provide views of the foothills of Boulder, as well as allowing in the winter sun across the interior. Outdoor gardens also follow the eye-shape plan. White walls and rooflines relate the building to the clouds and snow covered plains. Landscaping is gently graded up to the windows, half burying the building.
