Church of Latter-day Saints – New Temple

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) constructed a single-story, 30,000 SF temple in Cranberry Township, making it the second LDS temple in Pennsylvania. Langan developed landscape and hardscape designs for the 5.8-acre site, with an extensive plant schedule to meet code requirements; provided site layout, grading, utility, and stormwater design; and acquired conditional use variances to accommodate the temple’s 125-foot-tall building spire and a bridge connecting the 200-space parking lot. We were also tasked with creating an ADA-compliant pathway from the temple to a meetinghouse directly north of the site. Our team used the drastic grade change between the two sites to integrate a series of stormwater management areas within the symmetric landscape design—including a bioretention area and two below-grade stormwater tanks. This green infrastructure was approved by the Butler County Conservation District and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.