What's the ugliest temple constructed, under construction or planned? You know which one has my vote.

Pictures please. The winner gets, er, something yet to be determined.

Boise.

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/boise/

How would one describe it? It reminds me of one of these: http://www.parentmap.com/c/528d1dda/images/stories/decemberprint/gift-guide-2013/nesting_stacking_cubes_175x400.jpg

But much less fun.

The Boise temple reminds me of some of the big indoor arenas I used to horseback ride in around Aspen, Colorado, minus the spires.

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/boise/gallery/



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http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/boise/gallery/download.php?id=1565

it just looks like a stake center with a couple of extra spires...

oops!



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http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/brighamcity/

My vote goes to the one in Brigham City. Every time I come over the hill and see it, I think for a second I'm in the Middle East. It's just plain weird and out of place.



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That's a pompous mess all right.

LOL great description. A pompous plastered shoe box.



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Los Angeles, to be sure. (Ugh. I was married there.)

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/losangeles/gallery/

Looks like something made from a giant Lego set then plastered over. Fugly.

Absurd and rude in its presentation.

looks like the Los Angeles municipal waterworks building.

You got married in that monstrosity _and_ you went to the lord's university? That's 2/3 of a mormon trifecta (I don't know what the last 1/3 is).

:)

Sometimes kids would cut through the grass and get chased by some dude in a golf cart.

Probably Krampus. He posts here sometimes.

This was in 2007, and I was over on Little Santa Monica near the Staples.

Staples?


Darned if that doesn't conjur up His Royal Highness, Prince Romney ...

Seattle.

http://www.oneil.com.au/lds/pictures/seattle_temple.jpg

It's a box with a spire in front. Tokyo is very similar.

Close second place would go to Provo/Ogden.



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Winner of Fugliest so far.

Who designs these things? And who approves this stuff?

Senile apostles. It's how they keep them out of trouble.

no love for Provo?

http://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/photo-temple-sunset-15102/

OMG!!! A new winner! So fugly I had to avert my eyes!

It looks like crusted over jello from a really dated mould (1930s?).



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Provo's temple has a Madison Square Garden fetish without scale.

What should we call it?

hows about "Madison Square Garden Fetish Without Scale"

I can see this one from my front window and it's actually one of the better ones...

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/logan/


whoops wrong place



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No way! Just a coinkydink, ya think?

And w/o any interesting events, either. LOL

I can't stop...

what about the Hong Kong temple?

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/hongkong/

Looks like a giant piggy bank w/ an angel instead of a piggy



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methinks it only goes to show the true contempt of the SLC machine for the rest of the world.

Just another tithing casino and money laundering tower of pure pork for the Lard.

Well put. Looking at all these fugly monstrosities is giving me a headache.

Manhattan New York Temple.

A box. The front corner spire looks like an after thought just to mount the golden idol. Flat looking spire. Hideous architecture.

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/manhattan/gallery/download.php?id=2344

A wonderful tribute to boredom and lack of creativity. I like the way the other buildings minimize it.

I emailed the architects in 2009 or so and asked what they had planned. I think I emailed Stebnar. Lemme check my email...

Was that after it was already built? If so, nice.

was contaminated and I was losing my ish about it being on Logan Circle.



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So...before this thread gets closed, what's the prize and who won? Is the temple the winner or the one who suggested it? And don't say it's a tour of the temple for the one who suggested it...cause none of us here probably have TRs.



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But you win big belly laughs and my unfailing love and admiration.

Funnest thread in a long time.

Everything that occurs in the temple is uplifting and ennobling. It speaks of life here and life beyond the grave. It speaks of the importance of the individual as a child of God. It speaks of the importance of the family and the eternity of the marriage relationship.

—Gordon B. Hinckley

Blah blah blah. Note how he doesn't mention anything about the OUTSIDE of the temple being uplifting and ennobling?

I think the Washington DC temple is ugly, as are the ones in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas.

You know what? I think they're ALL ugly as sin or hell or both. Damn butt ugly, all of 'em. What a waste of natural resources.

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/sandiego/

The San Diego one looks like those paper cutout thingys.

I remember when this one was being built.

but a picture can tell [insert witty remark HERE].

http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/lasvegas/

Remember the Crystal Cathedral out in CA - the one the Catholics bought after Schiller lost it?

Reminds me of that, but with the windows closed up and pointy things added.

I can forgive a derivative like the SLC temple, what I can't stand are the poor attempts at uniqueness.

When I was in Junior High I would peg one side of my pants and let the other side flow free. With my shirt I would role up one sleeve and let the other down. It was really really stupid but I thought I looked like the sh!t.

It's OK, you were just a kid and probably actually did look like the shitz (meaning cool).

These are GROWN MEN designing these things.

And your comment about poor attempts at uniqueness is spot on.



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LMAO!!! You all are so funny! My vote goes to the Provo temple and 2nd would be Boise.

it's a 141-way tie...

Best entry yet - all of 'em.

AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

OK, out with the prize...

(I think we're close to the record for number of posts b4 closed)