Emil B. Fetzer

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Emil B. Fetzer (1914- ) was the church architech of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for many years prior to his retirement in 1986.

Fetzer was the son of John Fetzer Sr. and Margaret Baer Fetzer.^[1]

Fetzer was the architect for many LDS temples including the Mexico City Temple. On this temple he was influenced in its design by ancient Mayan temples.^[2] Other temples he was architecht for are the Freidburg Germany Temple, the Jordan River Temple, the Provo Temple, the Ogden Temple and the Sao Paulo Brazil Temple ^[3]. He was the initial architect on the Papeete Tahiti Temple but was only the architect for the general concept of the building.^[4] He was also the general supervising architect for the Washington DC Temple.^[5] He was also involved with the planning for the first Samoa Temple.^[6]

Among his most impressive credentials is that he was the architect of the building that houses the Manhattan New York Temple, despite the fact the Temple itself was completed 18 years after his retirement

Other building he designed were the South Visitors Center on Temple Square, ^[7] the Spencer W. Kimball Tower on Brigham Young University campus,

Fetzer was also the general supervisor of the refurbishing of the Assembly Hall.^[8]