{"id":938072,"date":"2026-10-18T21:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T21:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/938072\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T21:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T21:52:14","slug":"house-of-worship-design-unveiled-for-canadas-national-bahai-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/938072\/","title":{"rendered":"House of Worship: Design unveiled for Canada\u2019s national Bah\u00e1\u2019\u00ed temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"root-style-uxms84 e18mpl2i1\">A temple among the trees<\/p>\n<p class=\"root-style-uxms84 e18mpl2i1\">For James Jing Yi Jiang, the architect who designed the temple, understanding the relationship between the land and those who gather on it became an essential part of the design process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"root-style-uxms84 e18mpl2i1\">Earlier this year, Mr. Jiang visited the site with Jordan Bighorn, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly, and Bob Watts, both of indigenous heritage. The three gathered around a fire, offered prayers, and reflected on the land and its history from indigenous perspectives, deepening their understanding of the site\u2019s cultural significance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"root-style-uxms84 e18mpl2i1\">\u201cAs I recall my first time listening to Jordan\u2019s prayer, even without knowing the language, I could feel the forest and the wind moving through the music,\u201d said Mr. Jiang. \u201cIt convinced me that the temple should not simply sit on this landscape but must feel as though it has always been a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"root-style-uxms84 e18mpl2i1\">That impression of wind is reflected in the gently twisting, rising panels of the temple. Seen from a distance, the form appears serene and tranquil; as visitors approach and move around it, its curves reveal a subtle sense of motion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A temple among the trees For James Jing Yi Jiang, the architect who designed the temple, understanding the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":938073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-938072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/938073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}