As an architectural expression of C...

As an architectural expression of Christian worship, the spiraling, fluid form of the nautilus seashell is as improbable as it is unprecedent

over and above designer Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum Inc. (HOK) had no put in commotion selling such a concept to the Reorganized body of christians of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) which hired the A/E firm to design its fresh 165,000-sq.-ft. world headquarters and place of worship in Independence, Mo.

Having deliberateed with church officials at an RLD colloquy in Independence, HOK co-chairman Gyo Obata began sketching a spiral forward a return flight to the firm's