Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

The Mormon Architecture Thread

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Page of 5
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
Previous 1 2 3 4 5 template Next
  • #1

    The Mormon Architecture Thread

    Share examples of the best and the worst. I'll save the Salt Lake and Provo Temples for someone else. Here are a few of my picks:

    You've got to be kidding me:


    Awesome:


    Cabin style:


    Awesomest:


    Dreamy:


    Horrible:
    That which may be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. -C. Hitchens

    http://twitter.com/SoonerCoug
    Tags: None
  • #2
    FWIW, I actually like the Provo temple, pre-angel Moroni. I loved coming down Univ. Avenue at night and looking over and seeing the temple lit up and it literally looks like it was floating on a cloud. Very surreal and I believe that was the intended effect as the design was influenced by Exodus 13:21-22

    21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
    22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
    "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

    Comment

    • #3


      EDIT: Sorry, my mistake. Sooner's last picture made me think that we were putting up splinter groups, too.
      Last edited by All-American; 10-25-2010, 11:12 PM.
      τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

      Comment

      • #4
        Originally posted by Eddie Jones View Post
        FWIW, I actually like the Provo temple, pre-angel Moroni. I loved coming down Univ. Avenue at night and looking over and seeing the temple lit up and it literally looks like it was floating on a cloud. Very surreal and I believe that was the intended effect as the design was influenced by Exodus 13:21-22
        Though architecturally modest, that's a sentimental favorite of ours. When our oldest was two, we were driving down the diagonal at night and asked her, "Sarah, what's that building over there?" Although my wife and I were married elsewhere, she responded quickly, "That's where Mommy got married and Daddy got josephed." This reflects the level of doctrinal instruction all of our children received.

        Comment

        • #5
          Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
          Though architecturally modest, that's a sentimental favorite of ours. When our oldest was two, we were driving down the diagonal at night and asked her, "Sarah, what's that building over there?" Although my wife and I were married elsewhere, she responded quickly, "That's where Mommy got married and Daddy got josephed." This reflects the level of doctrinal instruction all of our children received.
          Took me a while. That's funny.
          τὸν ἥλιον ἀνατέλλοντα πλείονες ἢ δυόμενον προσκυνοῦσιν

          Comment

          • #6
            Originally posted by PaloAltoCougar View Post
            Though architecturally modest, that's a sentimental favorite of ours. When our oldest was two, we were driving down the diagonal at night and asked her, "Sarah, what's that building over there?" Although my wife and I were married elsewhere, she responded quickly, "That's where Mommy got married and Daddy got josephed." This reflects the level of doctrinal instruction all of our children received.
            I didn't realize your kids weren't yours biologically.
            Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

            "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

            GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

            Comment

            • #7
              Originally posted by Eddie Jones View Post
              FWIW, I actually like the Provo temple, pre-angel Moroni. I loved coming down Univ. Avenue at night and looking over and seeing the temple lit up and it literally looks like it was floating on a cloud. Very surreal and I believe that was the intended effect as the design was influenced by Exodus 13:21-22
              I forgive you. We can't all have good taste.

              Comment

              • #8
                I love the rock church in Parowan




                Also, this photo doesn't do the setting justice, but the chapel in Nice, France is in a stunning location on Mt. Cimiez, scant yards from the ruins of a Roman-era amphitheater and the home of Henri Matisse

                Last edited by Solon; 10-25-2010, 04:15 PM. Reason: Added Nice
                "More crazy people to Provo go than to any other town in the state."
                -- Iron County Record. 23 August, 1912. (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...23/ed-1/seq-4/)

                Comment

                • #9
                  The Cody Wyoming Chapel with murals is pretty stinking awesome for a Mormon building:



                  http://www.codymural.com/mural.html
                  That which may be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. -C. Hitchens

                  http://twitter.com/SoonerCoug

                  Comment

                  • #10
                    Totally irrelevant but funny:

                    That which may be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. -C. Hitchens

                    http://twitter.com/SoonerCoug

                    Comment

                    • #11
                      I love the old pioneer tabernacles in Utah. We hold our stake conferences in the Provo Tabernacle:



                      Tiny Loa, Utah has one of the coolest buildings anywhere.








                      "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                      "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                      "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

                      Comment

                      • #12
                        Good stuff, Lebowski.

                        Can't leave out Mormon toaster architecture:

                        Last edited by SoonerCoug; 10-25-2010, 04:41 PM.
                        That which may be asserted without evidence may be dismissed without evidence. -C. Hitchens

                        http://twitter.com/SoonerCoug

                        Comment

                        • #13
                          Originally posted by SoonerCoug View Post
                          Awesomest:
                          This one obviously has a special place in my heart.

                          I was married there and my grandparents lived on a hill that looked out to the temple.

                          It really is a cool temple. It helps that it is out in the middle of no where. There used to be grain elevators out there that competed with it, but I think they are all gone.

                          Comment

                          • #14
                            Originally posted by SoonerCoug View Post
                            Good stuff, Lebowski.

                            Can't leave out Mormon toaster architecture:

                            Where is this?
                            Visca Catalunya Lliure

                            Comment

                            • #15
                              Originally posted by SoonerCoug View Post
                              Share examples of the best and the worst. I'll save the Salt Lake and Provo Temples for someone else. Here are a few of my picks:

                              You've got to be kidding me:


                              Awesome:


                              Cabin style:


                              Awesomest:


                              Dreamy:


                              Horrible:
                              I recognize the sunstone, Alberta, and the polygamist one, but what are the other three?
                              Visca Catalunya Lliure

                              Comment

                              Previous 1 2 3 4 5 template Next
                              Working...
                              X