Religious | Historic Preservation

Laie Temple Historical Renovation

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Laie, HI

The Laie Hawaii temple was originally built in 1919 on 7.6 acres of an original plantation purchased by the Church. This renovation project was completed in 2010 to restore the original Arts and Crafts details of the building and make system upgrades and functional improvements where possible. Over several decades, many of the building’s original historic features were lost.

Led by the architect, the design team carefully worked during the design phase to research drawings, photographs, historic archives, and existing site elements. During construction, most of the interior historic core of the building was stripped down to bare concrete, while original murals by artist LeConte Stewart were protected, cleaned, restored, and left in place.

In addition to comprehensive electrical engineering system upgrades for the entire 42,100 SF building, Envision provided new lighting design based on original historic features, as well as design for backlit art glass panels in the baptistry and reception areas.