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The architecture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

2023-01-23T11:35:00-05:00

Hinckley dedicated 76 of the 103 temples built between 1983 and his death in 2008. For every traffic-stopping standout like the futuristic San Diego Temple...dozens of small temples, built from standardized plans...In the last 15 years...construction has continued apace, with landmark temples in Paris and Rome punctuating a steady stream of standardized temples...PROLIFERATION AND HOMOGENIZATION of temples around the world reflects a cultural shift for the Church that is still being sorted out

At the end of last year, Gregg Allen wrote about the architecture of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and how the design of it's meetinghouses, tabernacles and temples have played a key role in shaping LDS identity over the centuries.

Take a look at this lenticular mural artist Phillip Adams created with EskewDumezRipple in Salt Lake City

2021-05-28T18:59:00-04:00

New Orleans-based firm EskewDumezRipple has collaborated with Philadelphia-based artist Phillip Adams to produce a vivid and detailed lenticular mural for their project in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Adams hand-painted the piece across the facade of EskewDumezRipple’s Mya Living project, a new, modern apartment and condominium complex. The project was spearheaded by real estate development and investment company, Domain Companies, an entity that specializes in sustainable, mixed-use development.

The artwork is inspired by a local Salt Lake City legend.

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"The mural is inspired by the legend and celebrity of the flamingo, Pink Floyd, who escaped from Tracy Aviary in Salt Lake City in 1988, and lived in the Great Salt Lake until last seen in 2005," Adams recounts the tale in this Instagram post. "He would return to the Great Salt Lake every winter. This playful homage to him links a unique a...

Like to ski? Join Archinect and Designer Pages next month for some of the best powder in the country

2020-01-21T12:24:00-05:00

Calling all architects and designers that love to ski or board! Archinect's Paul Petrunia and Designer Pages' Jacob Slevin have blocked several rooms at the Cliff Lodge at heavily reduced rates for Thursday, February 27 to Sunday, March 1 (reduced rates may also be applied to the night of February 26, for early birds). The Cliff Lodge is not only the sole ski-in, ski-out hotel at Utah's world-class Snowbird and Alta Mountains, but it's also a stunning piece of architecture by Utah modernists Enteleki, Architecture, Planning, Research, and Brixen and Christopher Architect.

The Cliff Lodge at Snowbird

For the last few years Paul and Jacob have put aside their busy schedules to recharge on the ski slopes of the American West. It’s been an opportunity to share business knowledge, plan new ventures, and, most importantly, ski! This year they’ve decided to turn this into an official retreat, "T-Bars for T-Squares," with fellow architects, designers, and friends. For more information, chec...

Are underground salt caves the next innovation in renewable energy generation?

2019-08-12T08:00:00-04:00

Compressed air energy storage has been used for decades, but only at two facilities in Germany and Alabama, built before solar and wind started creating challenges for power grid operators. “This is a pretty simple concept,” said Bobby Bailie, director of business development for energy storage at the German industrial firm Siemens. “You’re pushing air into a cavern, storing that energy. And at times when you need it, you pull it back out.”

Can a giant underground salt cave in the Utah desert hold a potential answer to Los Angeles’s growing sustainable energy needs?

The Los Angeles Times digs into a new-old approach for storing energy in compressed air deposits deep underground. The compressed air, generated with the help of solar or wind energy, is held deep below the surface of the earth until needed, creating a giant, high-pressure battery.

When the energy is required, say on a cloudy day when solar generation might dip, the compressed air is used to turn a second set of turbines that recaptures the air’s energy, thus converting the air into electricity.

Supercomputing project simulates architecture's influence on urban microclimates

2015-03-24T13:24:00-04:00

A research team from the Mechanical Engineering department at University of Utah is using high-performance computing resources from XSEDE to instantaneously and accurately simulate how infrastructure elements, such as parks, buildings, and parking lots, as well as their specifications and variations, affect air characteristics and quality in urban settings.

Inside Adobe's New Silicon Slope Headquarters

2013-01-16T14:41:00-05:00

The location in the south suburbs of Salt Lake City is an up-and-coming region for tech business sometimes called "Silicon Slope." Adobe's new campus will operate as the company's digital marketing division. The company has hired designers from Rapt Studio to make sure the building design is integrated into the space at the deepest level, ensuring that, despite being an office building at its core, this isn't just one more massive tech campus.

Dynamic Performance of Nature by EB Office

2011-11-21T14:53:10-05:00

Dynamic Performance of Nature is a permanent architectural media installation in the Leonardo Museum of Art, Science and Technology, located in Salt Lake City, Utah. DPoN engenders environmental perception in the museum’s visitors by communicating global environmental information through a dynamic and interactive interface embedded in the material of the wall.