This version of BWNS is retired. A new version will be made available shortly on mobile app stores.

BWNS

Bahá’í World News Service

|

Official news source of the worldwide Bahá’í community

Shrine of the Báb: Significant construction in the grounds of the Shrine

September 3, 2024

Back to Story

2 of 4
In 1942, Shoghi Effendi asked the distinguished Canadian architect William Sutherland Maxwell to begin work on its design, and the final form was approved in 1944. Pictured here is the original architectural drawing of the superstructure of the Shrine of the Báb, by William Sutherland Maxwell.