A decades-old landslide that's rapidly accelerating has forced the dismantling of Wayfarers Chapel, an iconic Southern California church that was designed by one of famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright's sons and built among soaring redwoods and sweeping Pacific Ocean views.
The chapel was designed by the son, known as Lloyd Wright, who also worked on the Hollywood Bowl in 1927."The Glass Church" and its grounds opened to the public in 1951 and epitomizes"organic architecture" that seeks to put buildings in harmony with the nature around them. The damage includes a long crack in the 1949 cornerstone, a buckling asphalt parking lot and fractured 15-foot-tall glass panels, as well as torqued metal framing in the chapel's ceiling and walls.
"These are hard days; these are days to grieve, no doubt," Burchett said."But we will celebrate again, we are sure of that."