Lds Church Conference Center Roof

Step inside the largest auditorium of its kind in the world.

Lds church conference center roof.

The design was meant to evoke the natural landscapes of the salt lake valley. The conference held every april and october is attended by church members from all over the world and broadcast in over 90 languages to the millions that cannot attend. The lds church conference center green roof is a 4 acre green roof built atop one of the worlds largest unsupported conference centers seating 21 000 people. 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.

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. Announced in 1996 the conference center was completed in 2000 and is home of the semiannual general conference of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints. The church of jesus christ of latter day saints has closed the conference center roof to the public after a 4 year old boy climbed the railing and fell 21 feet monday. Specifically the church wanted granite to match rock quarried more than a hundred years earlier to build the adjacent salt lake temple.

The lds conference center s roof garden is featured in the october issue of landscape architecture magazine. The railings currently in place around the conference center rooftop gardens meet code requirements said dale bills spokesman for the church. Featuring an extensive system of terraces and roof gardens the lds conference center is enveloped by landscape.