Sho-Hondo Temple - Kimio Yokoyama [updated]

Built in 1972 to last a thousand years, this remarkable Buddhist temple was demolished amid much controversy in 1998.

Unfortunately it’s been as ill-served by photographs as it was by its guardians, but it certainly holds its own with Mt Fuji – and from the right angle it looks no less organic than the “beautiful back end” of Notre Dame de Paris.

Inside however it was something quite unique.

UPDATE:  A couple more large pictures of the enormous interior, courtesy Luke H.:
Audience
Detail of back wall