{"id":76305,"date":"2019-07-22T22:35:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T04:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=76305"},"modified":"2019-07-22T22:39:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T04:39:12","slug":"confessions-of-a-wannabe-architect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2019\/07\/confessions-of-a-wannabe-architect.html","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a wannabe architect"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"Canada's<\/a>
The Cardston Alberta Temple, which was dedicated in 1923, was the first temple built in Canada and the first constructed outside of the United States of America. (LDS.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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When I was fairly young, I dreamed of someday being an architect. \u00a0I had visions of designing grand and glorious buildings. \u00a0The only factor that stopped me from seeking to fulfill that dream was an absolute and utter lack of even the slightest smidgin of talent \u2014 something that, I freely grant, hasn\u2019t stopped certain others from entering the field (or even from having considerable success in it).<\/p>\n

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\"Wright's<\/a>
The Unity Temple, in Oak Park, Illinois, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed around 1908, plainly influenced Pope and Burton\u2019s creation of the Cardston Alberta Temple.
(Wikimedia Commons public domain photograph)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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By the time I was sixteen or so, when I first read Ayn Rand\u2019s novel The Fountainhead<\/em>, I had already abandoned any and all ambition of creating architecture. \u00a0But that novel, which is based (sometimes quite loosely and sometimes surprisingly faithfully, if one may use the word faith<\/em> in connection with Ayn Rand!) on the life of the young Frank Lloyd Wright, didn\u2019t diminish my interest in architecture.<\/p>\n

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\"Wayfarers<\/a>
Lloyd Wright\u2019s Wayfarers Chapel. located on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Rancho Palos Verdes, California<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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And, in fact, I\u2019ve long loved Frank Lloyd Wright\u2019s work in particular (along with his son Lloyd Wright\u2019s Wayfarers Chapel along the Pacific shore of Southern California).<\/p>\n

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By that time, though, I had also become quite committed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a>, and what I most wished that I could have done was to have designed temples.<\/p>\n

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\"Hawaii's<\/a>
The 1919 Laie Hawaii Temple (LDS Media Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Which, I suppose, is connected with my love for the Cardston Alberta Temple, which has sometimes been labeled \u201cthe first of the modern temples.\u201d \u00a0It was designed by Hyrum Pope (1880-1939) and Harold W. Burton (1887-1969), who were remarkably young when they won the design contract on 1 January 1913. \u00a0They had been much impressed by Frank Lloyd Wright and his \u201cPrairie School\u201d architectural style. \u00a0(Pope had studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, where he became closely acquainted with Wright\u2019s work.) \u00a0The two also designed the Laie Hawaii Temple and, decades after Pope\u2019s sudden death from an apparent heart attack, Burton was the supervising architect for the Oakland California Temple.<\/p>\n

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\"California's<\/a>
The Oakland California Temple (LDS.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I cannot begin to express my admiration for people who are capable of creating such wonderful buildings.<\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I realize that I\u2019m a bit late in taking notice of this \u2014 I\u2019ve been traveling \u2014 but some of you may be unaware of what President Nelson said in Detroit on Sunday:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe Don\u2019t Have to be Alike to Love Each Other, Prophet Tells NAACP Convention:\u00a0President Nelson speaks at organization\u2019s 110th annual convention in Detroit\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cDetroit News Op-Ed: NAACP and Church Leaders Stand on the Side of Solidarity:\u00a0Karen Boykin-Towns and Sharon Eubank co-author piece in advance of President Nelson\u2019s speech\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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From Newfoundland, Canada: \u201cDevastating Fire Creates New Friendships and Opportunities\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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From Ontario, Canada:\u00a0\u201cCommunity Interfaith Service Highlights Peace and Unity\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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This is fun:<\/p>\n

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\u201cApostle Throws First Pitch for Dodgers:\u00a0Elder Neil L. Andersen attends annual Family Night at Dodger Stadium\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Posted from Canmore, Alberta, Canada<\/p>\n

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