Rev. Robert H. Schuller, patron of architecture, 1926-2015

2015-04-03T00:25:00-04:00

"Come as you are in the family car"

"ARTESIA, Calif. (AP) — The Rev. Robert H. Schuller, a California televangelist and author who beamed his upbeat messages on faith and redemption to millions of followers from his landmarkCrystal Cathedral only to see his empire crumble in his waning years, has died. He was 88."

The Rev. Schuller known as the pastor who invented religious marketing and branding was also a patron of architecture. He started his congregation as a rented space from Orange Drive-inTtheatre. Later, Schuller hired modernist architect Richard Neutra who completed The Tower of Hope in 1968 and in 1980 Crystal Cathedral was dedicated as it was designed by Philip Johnson, a Pritzker Prize winning (its first in 1979) American architect. The latest addition was a Visitor Center designed by a New York architect Richar Meier in 2003 who also won a Pritzker Prize in 1984.

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Rev. Robert H. Schuller, patron of architecture, 1926-2015