State Capitol Buildings

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Arkansas is the best I have seen; Oregon's on the other hand, is the worst.

[muon2]

I also love Illinois' state capitol building.  It's got that intimidating Victorian look to it.

I fixed the link to the img.

Here is a more summery shot and an internal view from http://www.ilstatehouse.com/.

Senate:
House:

[fezzyfestoon]

Inside PA's is pretty amazing. Philly city hall is pretty cool...nice and ominous



New Jersey's is a little different. I like it

[Lief 🗽]

^^^Philadelphia probably has the best city hall in the country.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

 My favorite has to be the old Florida State House...the new one, not so much. According to some friends I have who work in the capital, Governor Bush had a hankering for making you walk down the stairs with him. Does not sound easy .

[Donerail]

Oregon's looks like they realized halfway through construction that their funding was drying up so they just stopped.

Old FL one is cool. The new one...



Well, don't think I'll say what it resembles.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Minnesota's capitol building does well what it was intended to do:  Use the federal capitol as a template.

It is well proportioned.  Many have small domes, which... if you're gonna dome it up... do it well.

I'm mostly just happy to see they've made a concerted effort to plant American Elm trees on the grounds.

I like it best from an angle.


I think this is a reason why downtown Minneapolis is so impressive as a skyline for such a small city.  The downtown CBD is offset at an angle.  When Minneapolis first grew, they just gridded the streets out from the Mississippi... then decided to grid the rest on a N-S-E-W grid... so the freeway approach from the north, south, east, and west but the buildings fact NE, SE, NW, SW etc.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Oregon's looks like they realized halfway through construction that their funding was drying up so they just stopped.

I think it reminds me of something out of Hitler's dream capital.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Oregon's looks like they realized halfway through construction that their funding was drying up so they just stopped.

I think it reminds me of something out of Hitler's dream capital.

Nah, this was the Viennese artist's dream:

[Frodo]

Surprised no one has posted pictures of Washington State's Capitol in Olympia:

Capitol Building exterior


Capitol Building interior/rotunda


Senate Chamber


House Chamber


Old Capitol Building w/ statue of Washington's first governor

[batmacumba]

The Old Government Building in Wellington, NZ, has long been the second largest wooden building in the world. It seems to be 3rd now.

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Some architects are absolutely clueless. What's the use of doing a wooden building if you make it mocking masonry? British and British heritage had so good wooden traditions...
Well, let's stop judging those buildings. Architects are like whores: when we talk about the metier is to speak badly about someone. Trying to be a little more positive, then:



My state legislative assembly seats contemporarily in a very plain modernist building:




The tall building on the background is its expansion. It's a good one, I like it - and it's separated from the main site by a street.
But the original intention was to make the building unattractive and make it 'disappear' in the plaza - IE, the plaza is the public space, so it's it what matters. For good or for bad, I think they succeeded in their intention.




The original one (Casa de Câmara e Cadeia) built in the XVIII century, in the old capital, is a very charming one:








Once a year all the government activities are transferred back to Ouro Preto, so I think it still counts.

[MaxQue]

Some architects are absolutely clueless. What's the use of doing a wooden building if you make it mocking masonry?

Quebec has a policy encouraging use of wood for buildings, even if hidden.
True than the real goal is helping timber industry in Quebec.

[Adam Griffin]

They don't call it "the Gold Dome" for nothing. Pretty tacky, but a lot better than the pre-1950s dome (terracotta with tin plating). The ground floor was unfinished for decades and part of it was used as horse stables. Oh, Georgia!

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

They don't call it "the Gold Dome" for nothing. Pretty tacky, but a lot better than the pre-1950s dome (terracotta with tin plating). The ground floor was unfinished for decades and part of it was used as horse stables. Oh, Georgia!

What's so bad about having a parking garage on site?  Indeed, the South Carolina State House has one, altho access to it by non-employees was restricted after the WTC bombing in 1993.

[minionofmidas]

Architects are like whores

This is an insult to the honor or the oldest profession that will not be tolerated.

[Enderman]

Ohio's looks like a tornado ripped it off, but New Mexico's non-traditional building gets my thumbs up.

I do have to say that I enjoy watching myself destroying Florida's new one and rebuilding it to look less like a rectangular box on its side.

[JerryArkansas]

Here are some more veiws of Arkansas state capital






House chamber


Pic of early construction of building.

[opebo]

Hawaii's seems especially appropriate for Hawaii, given the strong Asian influences there.

Wow, that looks great! And yes it does look like something you might see over here.. especially in Philippines or Indonesia.  I really love the late 60s-early 80s look in architecture over here, hate the new stuff.

[traininthedistance]

Inside PA's is pretty amazing. Philly city hall is pretty cool...nice and ominous

Until the Singer Building went up in NYC, Philly's City Hall was the tallest building in the world.

[batmacumba]

Architects are like whores

This is an insult to the honor or the oldest profession that will not be tolerated.

Don't be a prude. We have nothing against the professionals of the night.



Or do you think that neanderthal guy didn't prepare a good room for the girl He offered a mammuth thigh in exchange of sex?

[minionofmidas]

Architects are like whores

This is an insult to the honor or the oldest profession that will not be tolerated.

Don't be a prude. We have nothing against the professionals of the night.



Or do you think that neanderthal guy didn't prepare a good room for the girl He offered a mammuth thigh in exchange of sex?

Oh, I have nothing against master builders. It is only architects I hold in disdain.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

There aren't many that particularly stand out to me, but my favorites are probably Iowa:


and Utah:


Although I appreciate my state's (Michigan):

[batmacumba]

Architects are like whores

This is an insult to the honor or the oldest profession that will not be tolerated.

Don't be a prude. We have nothing against the professionals of the night.



Or do you think that neanderthal guy didn't prepare a good room for the girl He offered a mammuth thigh in exchange of sex?

Oh, I have nothing against master builders. It is only architects I hold in disdain.

Hmm...  Let me see if I can train my Ancient Greek.

Archi, arche (used as an adjective, not a substantive) => main, principal, master.
Tektōn => "artisan, in particular a carpenter or wood-worker or builder."

Sure, in some languages (including, Brazilian Portugues, unfortunely), Architect means nothing but a designer who's a Master Builder wannabe.

[DINGO Joe]

I always assume that Louisiana had the most phallic state capitol building, but thanks to this thread Florida has proven that assumption wrong.

[Enderman]

I always assume that Louisiana had the most phallic state capitol building, but thanks to this thread Florida has proven that assumption wrong.

Not just wrong, but COMPLETELY wrong!