Lds Conference Center Roof

You can see just the trees from the street but it s the roof that recalls how unique.

Lds conference center roof.

Featuring an extensive system of terraces and roof gardens the lds conference center is enveloped by landscape. Although the conference center is a modern steel truss and rebar based design without need for masonry support the lds church sought slabs of quartz monzonite a form of granite to clad all exterior walls. Also after a downtown tour of holiday lights we went along with. The roof balcony terrace and orchestra levels of the auditorium are integrated with an exterior of fountains stairs and gardens.

The church of jesus christ of latter day saints conference center won the 2003 green roofs for healthy cities award of excellence in the new combination category. The roof balcony terrace and orchestra levels of the auditorium are integrated with an extensive system of fountains exterior stairs gardens and a five acre rooftop alpine meadow. You can t miss it it s just north of temple square in downtown salt lake. Specifically the church wanted granite to match rock quarried more than a hundred years earlier to build the adjacent salt lake temple.

This event included this incredible live performance of you don t know you re beautiful on the conference center roof. The performance starts at 58 45. The lds conference center s roof garden is featured in the october issue of landscape architecture magazine.