Progress Updates

It feels like I just did a progress update a month or two ago, but it was over half a year ago. Lots of temples have been released since then, including the render for the Brussells Belgium temple design, It was so nice, I went a head and did the whole temple in a week or two.

I have to admit, I have been completely burned out on 3D. Since my paid work I was doing so much paid work, I didn’t want to do this anymore. Over time, I have fallen WAY behind. Especially with President Nelson’s increased pace of temple announcements.

I sat down recently to see how far behind I had fallen. As a result, I found myself both updating and creating the missing models.

Of course, none of this includes my historical models, and updates to my website, both of which are also on-going.

I am going to try something different with this post from the last one. I am going to pin this to the top of the blog, and update it over the course of the next months. I will see how that works out for me.

Abuja Nigeria Temple

No render released by the Church

Antananarivo Madagascar Temple

Rough ins complete, details going in on the spire.

• 5/5/25 – Continued to add details. No reference for the Celestial Room End, will require me to guess.

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Austin Texas Temple

I have completed the rough in for this temple, and many of the mid-level details.

• 5/2/25 – Have completed all the visible detals from the render, anything beyond this will require more information,s uch as the landscaping going in on the actual temple.

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Bakersfield California Temple

Working on Landscaping.

• 5/2/25 – made progress on the landscape. Helpful when the Church has to provide the city with a plan.

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Barcelona Spain Temple

I have finished most of the temple, but now I face the issue of not knowing enough about the landscaping to continue.

• 5/9/2025 – Finished the temple as far as coupld be complete. Finished the landscaping as far as could be completed. will need to wait for more details to go further.

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Benin City Nigeria Temple

Another temple that has had the official render released since I last posted a status post. Benin City will break ground shortly, the render, location, and groundbreaking all ahving been announced at once.

• 5/9/2025- More details added, landscape lined up.

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Beira Mozambique Temple

No render released by the Church

Birmingham England Temple

Since last posting this list, I have completed the Birmingham England Temple. See the video here:

Birmingham England Temple video

Brazzaville Republic of the Congo Temple

No render released by the Church

Brisbane Australia South Temple

No render released by the Church

Brussels Belgium Temple

Since the last time I posted one of these update posts, Brussels temple had the render released, and such a unique design it was, I could not stop until I was done. It took all of my spare time, but here is my video for the Brussells belgium temple:

Brussels Belgium Temple video

Budapest Hungary Temple

• 5/2/20255-Mid levels and details going in, started on landscaping because I liked the staircase.
• 5/10/2025-Worked on landscaping. While I can see what they are doing with the landscape, Ic an’t quite see neough to correctly identify what is going on on all sides of the temple. I will likely need to completely rework this before I finish.

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Buenos Aires City Center Argentina Temple

No render released by the Church

Busan Korea Temple

No render released by the Church

Cagayan de Oro Philippines Temple

• 5/2/2025-Fine details in progress.
• 5/10/202- More detailing, initial colors, started landscaping.

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Calabar Nigeria Temple

No render released by the Church

Caldwell Idaho Temple

No render released by the Church

Campo Grande Brazil Temple

No render released by the Church

Cancún Mexico Temple

No render released by the Church

Cape Coast Ghana Temple

No render released by the Church

Charlotte North Carolina Temple

No render released by the Church

Chiclayo Peru Temple

No render released by the Church

Chihuahua Mexico Temple

No render released by the Church

Chorrillos Peru Temple

No render released by the Church

Cincinnati Ohio Temple

A render for Cincinnati has allowed me to begin progress on that temple.

Cleveland Ohio Temple

A Little bit of progress here, there is some small detailing that I need to remember to do, but the temple is more or less complete. I have begun modeling the grounds.

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Cody Wyoming Temple

Since my last update, the lawsuit around the temple was ruled in the Churc’s favor. They Church broke ground quietly, with no advance notice, and did not announce the gorundbreaking until after the fact.

Since then they have wasted no time constructing the temple, despite an appeal. As the spire framing is now in place, I felt comfortable going ahead and finishing my little temple in line with the released rendewr. I ahve also started work on the wider area, have a few trees on building tops I need to fix, and have begun working on testures and landscaping finishes.

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Coeur d’Alene Idaho Temple

No render released by the Church

Colorado Springs Colorado Temple

A Render was released today (5 March 2025) for the Colorado Springs Temple, so I tucked intot he design.

Cuernavaca Mexico Temple

A render has now been released by the Church. Here is how far I have gotten on it:

Culiacán Mexico Temple

No render released by the Church

Cusco Peru Temple

No render released by the Church

Des Moines Iowa Temple

With a new render released by the Church, I have begun work on Des Moines Iowa. This one has a design that is both pelasing and has many interesting features.

Dubai United Arab Emirates Temple

No render released by the Church

Dublin Ireland Temple

No render released by the Church

Edinburgh Scotland Temple

No render released by the Church

Eket Nigeria Temple

No render released by the Church

El Paso Texas Temple

No render released by the Church

Fairbanks Alaska Temple

Render released, video in progress.

Flagstaff Arizona Temple

No render released by the Church

Florianópolis Brazil Temple

No render released by the Church

Goiânia Brazil Temple

No render released by the Church

Greenville South Carolina Temple

No render released by the Church

Grand Rapids Michigan Temple

Since the last update, Grand Rapids has not only had an update to th the render, but the Groundbreaking as well. I started my modifications by jyust moving and rescaling the spire, which is now over teh portico. However, oncec I got into it, I quickly relaized my initial model was rather messed up. So int he end, I started over completel, finally bringing the model back up to parity with where it was at to begin with. More or less.

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Hamburg Germany Temple

No render released by the Church

Houston Texas South Temple

No render released by the Church

Harrisburg Pennsylvania Temple

The render was released, and the temple design was so close to the Grand Rapids Michigan design, I ported that over and began modfying it.

Honolulu Hawaii Temple

No render released by the Church

Huancayo Peru Temple

No render released by the Church

Huehuetenango Guatemala Temple

Progress for Huehuetenango will be difficult. The lack of a side view will really hinder my attmpts at accuracy. The straight on render also has a tendency to make it a bit more diffuclt to judge the distances between things. Thagt said, a bit of a breakthrough made me feel more comfortable with some of the detaisl I added in, and in the future I should be able to add a fair bit more.

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Huntsville Alabama

Huntsville, unusually has been both announced, and had the render released since the last time I did one of these posts.

Iloilo Philippines Temple

No render released by the Church

Iquitos Peru Temple

No render released by the Church

Jacksonville Florida Temple

No render released by the Church

Jakarta Indonesia Temple

No render released by the Church

João Pessoa Brazil Temple

Rough in finished, mid and fine level details are going in.

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Juchitán de Zaragoza Mexico Temple

No render released by the Church

Kahului Hawaii Temple

No render released by the Church

Kananga Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple

No render released by the Church

Kampala Uganda Temple

No render released by the Church

Kumasi Ghana Temple

No render released by the Church

La Paz Bolivia Templez

Rough in done, mid to fine level details are going in.

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Lagos Nigeria Temple

Lagos had the official render released a couple oof weeks ago. Here is my current progress with that temple.

Laoag Philippines Temple

No render released by the Church

Lehi Utah Temple

Now with a render, I can move forwards on trying to figure out what the temple looks like.

Lethbridge Alberta Temple

Some progress on the fine detals, rough in complete.

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Liverpool Australia Temple

No render released by the Church

Londrina Brazil Temple

Temple mostly done, will start on textures and landscaping next.

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Lone Mountain Nevada Temple

Everytime I sit down to work on Lone Mountain, I pick away at it for a bit, with the constant thought in the back of my head that this spire is supposed to get shorter. Then I think that, really, the whole thing could change, then I put it away again till later. So, some mid level detailing, but not much else.

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Luanda Angola Temple

No render released by the Church

Maceió Brazil Temple

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Maputo Mozambique Temple

No render released by the Church

Manhattan New York Temple

I keep forgetting to add other projects, like renovations, to this update page. I am actually quite a fair bit along on the Manhattan Temple renovation. Or at least, I have made progress on the Facade. Need the roof, and the landscaping. and deciding to do the buildings like in the image below, or to use the ones from my original video.

Maracaibo Venezuela Temple

No render released by the Church

Mbuji-Mayi Democratic Republic of the Congo Temple

No render released by the Church

McKinney Texas Temple

The McKinney Texas Temple has had some issues, as a consequence, it was announced that the temple would be redesigned. That redesign has sinbe been released, and by the time this post is published, it will have made it’s way into the approval process, and may or may not have been approved by the city.

Medellín Colombia Temple

No render released by the Church.

Mexico City Benemérito Mexico Temple

Another temple that had the official render released since the last progress update post. Mexico City Benemerito Temple has fascinating corner pillars that get bigger at the base, giving the temple a unique look. Rough in is complete, mid level detailing has begun.

Milan Italy Temple

No Render Released Yet

Milwaukee Wisconsin Temple

No Render Released Yet

Missoula Montana Temple

Missoula has now had a render released. Here is my progress.

Monrovia Liberia Temple

No render released by the Church

Montpelier Idaho Temple

Like Brimingham England, Montpelier has been completed since i last made one of these update posts. Find the completed video below.

Montpelier Idaho Temple video

Natal Brazil Temple

Medium details going in.

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Naga Philippines Temple

No render released by the Church

Norfolk Virginia Temple

No render released by the Church

Nouméa New Caledonia Temple

No render released by the Church

Osaka Japan Temple

No render released by the Church

Oslo Norway Temple

Fine and mid level details going in, and there were some extremely fine level details on this update.

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Pachuca Mexico Temple

No render released by the Church

Piura Peru Temple

No render released by the Church

Price Utah Temple

No render released by the Church

Porto Portugal Temple

No render released by the Church

Puerto Montt Chile Temple

No render released by the Church

Queen Creek Arizona Temple

No render released by the Church

Rapid City South Dakota Temple

No render released by the Church

Retalhuleu Guatemala Temple

Progress on the recently released render for Retalhuleu Guatemala temple.

Reynosa Mexico Temple

No render released by the Church

Ribeirão Preto Brazil Temple

Rough in complete. Fine details have begun going in.

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Rivera Uruguay Temple

No render released by the Church

Roanoke Virginia Temple

No render released by the Church

Rosario Argentina Temple

No render released by the Church

Russia Temple

No render released by the Church

San Jose California Temple

Another temple witth a render released since August. Rough in is finished, mid and fine level details have not started.

San Jose del Monte Philippines Temple

No render released by the Church

San Luis Potosí Mexico Temple

Rough in in progress. Some mid-level work begun.

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Santa Ana El Salvador Temple

No render released by the Church

Santa Cruz Bolivia Temple

Rough in in complete, fine details going in.

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Santiago Dominican Republic Temple

No render released by the Church

Santiago Philippines Temple

No render released by the Church

Santiago West Chile Temple

Rough in continues, some fine and mid detail completed. This one is difficult. Beside having lots of fiddly curves and unusual shapes, it’s also a straight on perspective for the official render. This makes it harder to get a feel for the size and placement of objects.

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Santos Brazil Temple

No render released by the Church

São Paulo East Brazil Temple

No render released by the Church

Savai’i Samoa Temple

No render released by the Church

Shanghai People’s Republic of China Temple

No render released by the Church

Summit New Jersey Temple

No render released by the Church

Spanish Fork Utah Temple

No render released by the Church

Springfield Missouri Temple

Render released since the prior post, so catching up here.

Tacloban City Philippines Temple

The official render for the Tacloban City Philipinnes Temple was released after my last update post. Here is the progress I have made on that model so far.

Tacoma Washington Temple

Recently released render means recently begun progress.

Tampa Florida Temple

Tampa Florida. Oh, Tampa. Till the Church announces the plans at the new location, I have nothing to go on. So this image remains.

Teresina Brazil Temple

Rough in nearly done, mid level and some fine level details in.

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Teton River Idaho Temple

Rough in finished, mid and fine level work in progress. I have to admit, I scrapped this one completely, and started over. So I pushed the project until it was just barely farther along than my previous model version. Next time I come around to this one, I should progress a fair bit further.

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Toluca Mexico Temple

A render has been released for this temple. I have dug into this increadibly complex design.

Tuguegarao City Philippines Temple

Render was released sinb my last update post, so here is my progress.

Tula Mexico Temple

No render released by the Church

Tulsa Oklahoma Temple

No render released by the Church

Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Temple

No render released by the Church

Uturoa French Polynesia Temple

No render released by the Church

Uyo Nigeria Temple

No render released by the Church

Vancouver Washington Temple

With the render released after the last post, I can now add my progresss on Vancouver Washington to this post.

You ever see a temple design that just grabs your attention and inspires you? Thi sis not one of those designs for me. By the time this render was released, 2 other temples were in progress with almost this exact same design, and McKinney Texas had been released with the same basic format. And I find none of them inspirational. To me, they don’t feel much like what I expect froma temple. It was uninspireing when Auckland was released, and its constant reuse is making the design more generic and bland for me. Adn then, when McKinney was redesigned, great effort was made to reuse design aspects from this, especially the spire. The result of that one looks proprtionally wrong. Tacoma and Lethbridge are using the same base, witha different spire. While they marginally look better to me, it’s not by much. Still bland and generic.

Victoria British Columbia Temple

No render released by the Church

Vienna Austria Temple

No render released by the Church

Viña del Mar Chile Temple

No render released by the Church

Vitória Brazil Temple

No render released by the Church

Wellington New Zealand Temple

Lots of new little details added to this temple, but lots of detail left to go as well.

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West Jordan Utah Temple

West Jordan has a render as of a couple weeks ago. Here is my preliminary rough in for that temple.

Wichita Kansas Temple

Fine detail work progressing, mid and rough detail continue.

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Winchester Virginia Temple

Last December, the Church released a render for the Winchester Virginia Temple. So I have made a start on the model.

Yuma Arizona Temple

No render released by the Church