Conservative synagogue Cleveland

The complex’s centerpiece is its vast hemispheric temple dome: 125 feet high, 120 feet in diameter and weighing 680 tons. Reputed to be the third largest in the world at the time of construction, the dome required 180,000 feet of lumber and took eleven weeks to assemble. Its outer layer is pre-formed cpper, designed to blend through natural oxidation with the surrounding landscape.
   During his first visit, Mendelsohn sketched his ideas on a blackboard and immediately won the synagogue build