HGA’s restoration of the Minnesota State Capitol revived and preserved once-crumbling design features and updated infrastructure for us for decades to come.
Louisiana may have the tallest and Texas the biggest, but Minnesota boasts one of the most architecturally significant state capitol buildings in the United States—not to mention one of the most resilient.
Built 116 years ago, the grand Beaux Arts edifice in St. Paul was designed by Cass Gilbert, architect of New York’s famed Woolworth Building. But having endured a century and more of the Upper Midwest’s rather extreme climate (St. Paul’s snowfall averages about 52 inches per year), the building was more than ready for the dramatic touch-up directed with sensitive aplomb by local design firm HGA.
To learn more about the Minnesota State Capitol Renovation, visit Architect Magazine.