Above: Brigham City Utah Temple, dedicated in 2012. This temple combines certain elements from the Salt Lake, St. George, and Logan/Manti temples as you can plainly see in the circular windows, the oblong windows, the corner towers, and the pitched copper roof, and the castellated facades.
Above: Copenhagen Denmark Temple, dedicated in 2004. This was the second temple in the Church built from an existing building (the first was the Vernal Utah Temple, built from the old Uintah Tabernacle). The third and most recent temple converted from an existing building is the under-construction Provo City Center Temple. If nothing else, the Copenhagen temple is architecturally unique, very red brick Danish and probably right at home amongst it neighbors.
Above: Helsinki Finland Temple, dedicated in 2006. This simple, small temple retains the steeply pitched steeples found throughout native Scandinavian religious architecture. The building apparently sits on a granite bluff and is difficult to photograph.
Above: Newport Beach California Temple, dedicated in 2005. This temple faced significant opposition when its construction was announced, but the Church worked with neighbors and revised the architectural plans several times to reduce the height, restrict the lighting, change the color of the stone from white to rose, etc. Very Spanish-Californian…
Above: Manaus Brazil Temple, dedicated in 2012. Alright, there isn’t anything particularly outstanding about the architecture of this temple, I acknowledge. It resembles other temples of late, including Oquirrh Mountain Utah, St. Louis Missouri, Twin Falls Idaho, Vancouver, etc. But, any temple that occupies land right next to the Amazon River deserves praise.
Above: San Antonio Texas Temple, dedicated in 2005. Now, this temple is a variation of the smaller temples that the Church began to construct for a few years in the late 1990s to about 2003. It is small, only about 17,000 square feet of usable floor space. But its stained glass windows found in the sealing rooms and Celestial room is jaw-dropping. They literally change color depending on the whether it’s natural light coming in from outside or artificial light radiating from inside.
Above: Rexburg Idaho Temple, dedicated in 2008. This temple is a variation on the single front spire designs we see in the temples in Twin Falls, St. Louis, Manaus, Boston, Gilbert Arizona, and others. But Rexburg is the largest of them all, and for some reason the extra size allowed the architects to nail this one. It’s perfectly proportioned, majestic (even a little imposing). It looks like a temple.
Paris, France Temple, to be built at Le Chesnay, near Versailles. Everyone knows the amount of controversy this temple has caused. Most residents were on the verge of rioting when the Church announced they were breaking ground. I think it's going to be one of the most beautiful temples, if not the most, and the Parisians will be pleasantly surprised.
There are rumors that the Paris, France Temple will be among the most expensive ever built.
