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 NERFINISHED
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
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 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 Time Zone
locatedNear Hawaii State Library
Washington Place
ʻIolani Palace
locatedOnStreet South Beretania Street NERFINISHED
materialUsed reinforced concrete
owner 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 ʻIolani Palace as seat of the Hawaii state government
roofType open sky over central courtyard
state Hawaii

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Downtown Honolulu
contains
Iolani Palace
near
Welton Becket ("Hawaii State Capitol (firm involvement)")
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