Torleif S. Knaphus — sculpted the large bas relief titled Christ the Fountainhead on the exterior of the building and also the life-size oxen holding the baptism font
He painted several murals for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) buildings, including works found inside the LDS temples in Hawaii, Alberta, and Arizona, as well as murals for the Salt Lake City International Airport and the historic Bigelow-Ben Lomond Hotel.
Alberta | University of Alberta | Temple University | Shirley Temple | temple | Second Temple | Temple | Inner Temple | Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta | Legislative Assembly of Alberta | Banff, Alberta | Stone Temple Pilots | Alberta Liberal Party | Temple Mount | Temple, Texas | Temple in Jerusalem | Middle Temple | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | Hindu temple | Red Deer, Alberta | Alberta general election, 1909 | William Temple | Alberta Ferretti | Temple Church | Alberta general election, 2004 | Julien Temple | Temple of Vesta | Premier of Alberta | Golden Temple | Alberta general election, 2008 |
In a departure from the style of temples constructed prior, the Mesa temple (along with the temples in Laie and Cardston) was built in a style suggestive of the Temple in Jerusalem, lacking the spires that have become a mainstay of temples built since then, and was in fact the last LDS temple constructed without a spire.