Modernist houses of worship among the city's treasures

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Modernist houses of worship among the city's treasures

Archiseek / Canada / News / 2007 / March 2

Edmonton's famous, 36-foot-tall, 100-voice "singing Christmas tree" hasn't sung in Central Pentecostal Tabernacle's modernist pyramid since December, 2005.When the church financed a move to larger quarters across town by selling its land, it put the 1972 wood-shingled pyramid and its companion, the 1964 concrete and glass pavilion -- both by award-winning architect Peter Hemingway -- at risk of being bulldozed for a condominium development. It also placed the iconic buildings on the Heritage Canada Foundation's "top 10 most endangered places and worst losses" list for 2007.

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