Hawaii State Capitol

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The Hawaii State Capitol is the distinctive modernist building in Honolulu that houses the executive and legislative branches of Hawaii’s state government.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government building
modernist building
state capitol building
architect Belt, Lemmon & Lo
John Carl Warnecke
architecturalStyle Modernism
New Formalism
architecturalSymbolism design elements symbolize Hawaii’s natural environment and island geography
basementCount 1
city Honolulu
constructionStartDate 1965
coordinates 21.3075°N 157.8575°W
country United States of America
surface form: United States
elevation approximately 6 meters above sea level
floorCount 4 above ground
governingBody Department of Accounting and General Services of Hawaii
hasDome no traditional dome; open-air design instead
hasFeature columns symbolizing palm trees
cone-shaped legislative chambers
courtyard symbolizing a volcano crater
eight columns on each side symbolizing the eight main Hawaiian Islands
legislative chambers symbolizing volcanic cones
open-air central courtyard
reflecting pools surrounding the building
reflecting pools symbolizing the Pacific Ocean
hasPublicArt Father Damien statue
Queen Liliʻuokalani statue
heritageDesignation Honolulu Historic Landmark
houses Hawaii State Legislature
surface form: Hawaii House of Representatives

Hawaii State Legislature
Hawaii State Senate
Office of the Governor of Hawaii
Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
inception 1969
locatedIn Honolulu
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Hawaii
locatedInTimeZone Hawaii–Aleutian Standard Time
surface form: Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone
locatedNear Hawaii State Library
Washington Place
Iolani Palace
surface form: ʻIolani Palace
locatedOnStreet South Beretania Street
materialUsed reinforced concrete
owner Hawaii
surface form: State of Hawaii
primaryFunction seat of the executive branch of the State of Hawaii
seat of the legislative branch of the State of Hawaii
replaces Iolani Palace
surface form: ʻIolani Palace as seat of the Hawaii state government
roofType open sky over central courtyard
state Hawaii

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Iolani Palace near Hawaii State Capitol
Downtown Honolulu contains Hawaii State Capitol
Welton Becket notableWork Hawaii State Capitol
this entity surface form: Hawaii State Capitol (firm involvement)
Hawaii State Library adjacentTo Hawaii State Capitol
Aliʻiōlani Hale near Hawaii State Capitol
Hawaii State Art Museum locatedNear Hawaii State Capitol
John Carl Warnecke notableWork Hawaii State Capitol
this entity surface form: Hawaii State Capitol, Honolulu
Hawaii State Legislature meetsIn Hawaii State Capitol
Honolulu hasLandmark Hawaii State Capitol
Washington Place near Hawaii State Capitol
Government of Hawaii executiveHeadquarters Hawaii State Capitol
Government of Hawaii legislativeHeadquarters Hawaii State Capitol
Belt, Lemmon & Lo notableWork Hawaii State Capitol
Belt, Lemmon & Lo notableWork Hawaii State Capitol
this entity surface form: Hawaiʻi State Capitol
Belt, Lemmon & Lo designed Hawaii State Capitol
Office of the Governor of Hawaii seat Hawaii State Capitol
Beretania Street hasNotableNearbySite Hawaii State Capitol
Hawaii State Senate meetsIn Hawaii State Capitol