Concrete Faith: How the Creation of the Bahá’í House of Worship Changed the Course of Architecture

From NewCity magazine

The temple, a masterpiece of intricate, shimmery, seemingly delicate decoration, pioneered concrete construction techniques that changed the way the world sees and uses the material.

The history of the building, Armbruster stresses, is tied to the early history in America of the then-nascent religion. The Bahá’í faith took shape in the mid-to-late nineteenth century as its foundational leaders were persecuted—jailed, exiled, killed ...

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