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"My Photographs Are a Celebration of the Making of Things": In Conversation with Christopher Payne

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As an architecture student at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1990s, Payne had the good fortune to find a summer job with an agency inside the National Park Service called the Historic American Buildings Survey. They sent teams of architecture students, historians, and photographers to document all kinds of projects,” he says.

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Wabi Sabi Residence in Emigration Canyon, Utah

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The home’s dramatic architecture is separated into two volumes that float above the landscape, each of which are finished with a blackened stain in the tradition of wabi sabi. As a result, the homeowners enjoy framed views of the mountain vista at every turn, with unparalleled indoor/outdoor connections.

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Emigration Creek Salt Lake City residence, Utah

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Interior elements include artwork from galleries in Helper, Utah – an emerging, underground art scene; high-end appliances such as a Sub-Zero fridge, freezer and wine fridge columns in the kitchen.

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Accessible modernism

Brandon Donnelly

One of the most extraordinary things about Salt Lake City is that you can land at its airport and then, in 20-30 minutes, you’re in the mountains looking at landscapes like this: By my estimation, this makes it the most accessible big city and mountain town combination in North America. Thank you, Brent.

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Architecture Highlights: International Mormon Architecture

Historic LDS Architecture

The history of the LDS Church means that most significant architecture (built anywhere before 1950) is found in the Mormon corridor. Almost all of my posts focus on meetinghouses, chapels, tabernacles, and temples built in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, California, and Arizona. It was built in the late 1920s, but largely reconstructed in 1951.

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A few observations about Salt Lake City

Brandon Donnelly

Utah is beautiful. By my estimation (and by estimation I mean that I have a spreadsheet for this), the ski and snowboard communities surrounding SLC are some of the most accessible in North America. People in SLC are really nice. Strangers greet you on the street. Motorists are also more polite and patient.

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7 Things To Know Before Relocating To Utah

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Utah is famous for its high quality of life, attractive landscape, and low crime rate. Living in Utah is relatively cheap compared to the neighboring Colorado state, yet it offers the same exposure to the favorable climate and an impressive mountainous landscape. source: pinterest.com. Real Estate Prices. source: pinterest.com.