22 Nov The Baha’i Temple: A Crazy Nonagonal LEGO Puzzle
Years ago, my wife and kids challenged me to create a LEGO model of the Baha’i Temple. It has taken a long time to design the model primarily because of its complexity....
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24 Sep Baha’i Temple Entrance Renovation
A new entrance to Chicago’s Baha’i Temple puts an elegant face on a long-neglected section of the iconic spiritual site. Approach 8 of the Temple is the service entrance that provides an important accessible point of entry to the temple’s lower level. It’s a bleak, sunken...
23 Sep Baha’i Temple Terraces and Gardens
A thorough restoration of the Baha’i Temple terrace and gardens revives the completeness, longevity, and beauty of a historic spiritual site. The Baha’i Temple, situated along the lakeshore north of Chicago, is a major spiritual site for the Baha’i Faith and a National Historic Landmark. Its...
23 Sep Nashville Baha’i Center
An inviting, community-responsive Baha’i center integrates spiritual symbolism with contemporary design. The Nashville Baha’i Center project emerged from an invited design competition won by Ken Parel-Sewell while working for Gregory Maire Architect. A jury of local Baha’i community members selected Greg and Ken’s design on the...
19 Sep Baha’i Temple Welcome Center
A new Welcome Center provides a warm, welcoming point of departure for experiencing and appreciating Chicago’s Baha’i Temple. OWA has worked with designer Scott Conrad to create a casual and inviting information and comfort station for hosting the Baha’i Temple’s 200,000 annual visitors. The design of the...
03 Oct Finally at Home
The Story of an Artifact’s 100 Year Journey at the Baha’i Temple While the Baha'i Temple Welcome Center has been open for a few months now, we’re still completing some important final details. Last week, without fanfare, a little-known, but significant historical story came to a...
03 Oct Building the Baha’i Temple Welcome Center
A Visual Timeline of the Construction For the last few years, One World Architecture has been working on the design for a new Welcome Center at the Baha'i Temple in Wilmette, Illinois, a religious destination of profound spiritual, historical, and architectural significance. Working near such a...
20 Jul Baha’i Temple Terraces Wins Award
One World Architecture (OWA) is excited to announce that we are winners in the 2013 Faith & Form International Awards Program. Our submission for the restoration of the Baha’i House of Worship Gardens and Terraces received a Merit Award in the category of Sacred Landscape. The Faith...