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CasandraTP
Sydney, Australien4 472 inlägg
juli 2024 • Ensam
I stumbled across this building whilst visiting some of Honolulu’s attractions. At the time of writing it was under renovations so the water feature can’t be seen but it is still an impressive building. It has a large opening in the middle and various floors you can visit. There is the liberty bell out one entrance and the other a statue of Queen Liliuokalani. There are self guided tours during the week. Worth popping in if you are in the area.
Skriftlig 24 juli 2024
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BrakiWorldTraveler
Belgrad, Serbien20 835 inlägg
maj 2024 • Familj
Having visited over a half of US Capitols I can say this one is the most unusual one, and one of the most interesting.
It's located just behind the Iolani palace, which I strongly recommend visiting.
Unlike many neoclassic Capitols with the central dome all across the US, this one is a modern square building. The central inner space is open air, atrium like, while the offices and both houses are scattered around it on 5 floors.
Upon entering is an airport style security checkpoint, after which you can proceed.
I suggest first going up the top floor terrace from where you'll have great views over Honolulu. Then you can descend down via stairs and visit accessible areas depending if there's a session - we were let in the Governor's office.
It's located just behind the Iolani palace, which I strongly recommend visiting.
Unlike many neoclassic Capitols with the central dome all across the US, this one is a modern square building. The central inner space is open air, atrium like, while the offices and both houses are scattered around it on 5 floors.
Upon entering is an airport style security checkpoint, after which you can proceed.
I suggest first going up the top floor terrace from where you'll have great views over Honolulu. Then you can descend down via stairs and visit accessible areas depending if there's a session - we were let in the Governor's office.
Skriftlig 13 juni 2024
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DKPuck
Muncie, IN1 164 inlägg
maj 2024 • Familj
This is a unique capitol building compared to most. The open concept matches most buildings in Honululu. Interesting to walk around and see the layout.
Skriftlig 31 maj 2024
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bLiselotte
Palatine, IL597 inlägg
apr. 2023 • Familj
I visited while the Capitol was under renovation. Easy to get to with public transport. The grounds were well cared for with a few memorials about.
Skriftlig 20 mars 2024
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Edward
Santa Rosa, Kalifornien3 236 inlägg
juni 2023
Hawaii's state capitol in downtown Honolulu is an interesting and beautiful building, modernist mid-century in style basically, with some brutalist elements, and specific Polynesian/Hawaiian elements, theme, and layout. We visited in in 2016 and then again in June 2023.
The central courtyard is simply open to the sky and to the outside, so one may freely wander into it without actually going "inside" anything. Rhis makes it very representative of a lot of architecture in Hawaii, and appropriate for the local climate, which is fairly even and mild, without too much actual rain (this is the lee/dry side of the island). It has a lovely central space with the sky, framed by the structure, in place of an actual dome or central roofed space. The design reflects themes such as the waves, volcanoes, and Hawaiian architecture.
The legislative chambers are lovely and contain Koa wood seats for the members, while the governors office on the top floor has an antechamber, open to the public during business hours, sheathed entirely in Koa wood. The place actually incorporates a huge quantity of Koa wood which is now endangered and the amount of wood used would today be irreplaceable according to the staff who talked to us. It also requires much care. That said, it is beautiful.
One may enter the open ground floor of the central space at any time. However, to go in the legislative chambers one will need to be there when they are open, which is not normal, or otherwise luck out and happen to be there when they are opened briefly for a function. We were allowed in to one. Otherwise, one must try to look in through the windows. To see the rest, one must take a lift/elevator up, although there is an enclosed utilitarian/fire staircase. Each floor above is devoted to a different part of the government. Up stairs, there's not much to see on any of the floors except for the different views on the walkways around the central open space, and the top floor, the executive floor, with the governor's office and an area to look over the city for nice views. The antechamber of the governor's office is open to the public during business hours normally and one may simply open the door and walk in.
However, visiting it has some issues, so the following practical information is useful. The website has minimal information on visiting the capitol for sightseeing. It mentions a self-guided tour but lacks details on how to do it, or other information aside from stating that a guide brochure is available. It does provide phone numbers and contact information for the public-access office upstairs, and this is helpful and will be needed to get in to the upstairs. On the ground of the central area, there is a desk with security guards who are suspicious of visitors, specifically tourists who simply want to see it and who are not there fore government business, etc. When we were there, they did not know anything about visitors doing a self-guided tour and when we mentioned that the website mentioned a brochure, they did not believe us and would not let us go upstairs unless we could get them in contact with someone upstairs who said we could some up. We called the public access office and had them talk to the guards. The public-access office is actually mostly for public involvement in government, not tourism or visiting the capitol, and there is no specific office to provide that. However, the public-access people are very friendly and helpful and they told the guards to let us come up because we could do a self-guided tour. They explained the whole place to us and gave us the brochure. Also, the staff in the governor's office were also extremely helpful and friendly, explaining the details and artwork to us, taking pictures of us, etc.
We went there in 2016 first, when the building was not undergoing construction. The pools and grounds around it were therefore in view. However, when we went in 2023, the grounds around the building were undergoing refurbishment and were walled off. I am therefore providing a couple pictures from 2016 to show what the grounds look like without the construction. The other pictures are from 2023.
The central courtyard is simply open to the sky and to the outside, so one may freely wander into it without actually going "inside" anything. Rhis makes it very representative of a lot of architecture in Hawaii, and appropriate for the local climate, which is fairly even and mild, without too much actual rain (this is the lee/dry side of the island). It has a lovely central space with the sky, framed by the structure, in place of an actual dome or central roofed space. The design reflects themes such as the waves, volcanoes, and Hawaiian architecture.
The legislative chambers are lovely and contain Koa wood seats for the members, while the governors office on the top floor has an antechamber, open to the public during business hours, sheathed entirely in Koa wood. The place actually incorporates a huge quantity of Koa wood which is now endangered and the amount of wood used would today be irreplaceable according to the staff who talked to us. It also requires much care. That said, it is beautiful.
One may enter the open ground floor of the central space at any time. However, to go in the legislative chambers one will need to be there when they are open, which is not normal, or otherwise luck out and happen to be there when they are opened briefly for a function. We were allowed in to one. Otherwise, one must try to look in through the windows. To see the rest, one must take a lift/elevator up, although there is an enclosed utilitarian/fire staircase. Each floor above is devoted to a different part of the government. Up stairs, there's not much to see on any of the floors except for the different views on the walkways around the central open space, and the top floor, the executive floor, with the governor's office and an area to look over the city for nice views. The antechamber of the governor's office is open to the public during business hours normally and one may simply open the door and walk in.
However, visiting it has some issues, so the following practical information is useful. The website has minimal information on visiting the capitol for sightseeing. It mentions a self-guided tour but lacks details on how to do it, or other information aside from stating that a guide brochure is available. It does provide phone numbers and contact information for the public-access office upstairs, and this is helpful and will be needed to get in to the upstairs. On the ground of the central area, there is a desk with security guards who are suspicious of visitors, specifically tourists who simply want to see it and who are not there fore government business, etc. When we were there, they did not know anything about visitors doing a self-guided tour and when we mentioned that the website mentioned a brochure, they did not believe us and would not let us go upstairs unless we could get them in contact with someone upstairs who said we could some up. We called the public access office and had them talk to the guards. The public-access office is actually mostly for public involvement in government, not tourism or visiting the capitol, and there is no specific office to provide that. However, the public-access people are very friendly and helpful and they told the guards to let us come up because we could do a self-guided tour. They explained the whole place to us and gave us the brochure. Also, the staff in the governor's office were also extremely helpful and friendly, explaining the details and artwork to us, taking pictures of us, etc.
We went there in 2016 first, when the building was not undergoing construction. The pools and grounds around it were therefore in view. However, when we went in 2023, the grounds around the building were undergoing refurbishment and were walled off. I am therefore providing a couple pictures from 2016 to show what the grounds look like without the construction. The other pictures are from 2023.
Skriftlig 19 augusti 2023
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PAboyinFL
Ocala, FL1 748 inlägg
juni 2023 • Par
We walked over to the state Capitol after visiting Iolani Palace. It’s an open air design that appears to be from the 1970s. It’s drab and lacks character. You can’t get inside except for the center open air court. There is also an odd construction looking wall surrounding the actual building, but there is no visible construction, so perhaps it’s intended to be part of the complex.
There are a few interesting statues on the grounds.
There are a few interesting statues on the grounds.
Skriftlig 25 juni 2023
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PBPG
Yorkshire, UK8 486 inlägg
sep. 2022
Opened in 1969, it is a bit of a concrete monstrosity but it helps by being an open quadrangle in the centre open to the skies, There is a large glass mosaic in the centre.
Skriftlig 20 november 2022
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pchnmain
LA/OC961 inlägg
sep. 2022
The Hawaii State Capitol is in the style of "Hawaiian international architecture", which is an American adaption of Bauhaus style. The building also has features which symbolize various aspects of Hawaii. Some examples include:
* The building is surrounded by a reflecting pool, symbolizing the Pacific Ocean.
* The two legislative chambers are cone-shaped, symbolizing the volcanoes that formed the Hawaiian Islands.
* The columns around the perimeter of the building have shapes resembling royal palm trees. There are eight columns in four rows at either side of the building to represent the eight main islands.
* The Capitol is built with an open-air design, with a central atrium, which allows the elements to enter; and there are four planters in the atrium for kukui trees--the Hawaii state tree.
While I appreciate the architectural elements of the building, my exploration of the grounds was less than impressive. For example:
* Barriers were erected around the capitol in 2021, in response to FBI warnings about potential civil protest. Although "decorated", a wooden fence remains.
* The reflecting pool was drained.
* The planters in the atrium were empty, as the trees had died.
I understand that building maintenance in tropical environments is a lot of work. But frankly, a simple power wash alone would go a long way to clean the place up and make it look more impressive.
* The building is surrounded by a reflecting pool, symbolizing the Pacific Ocean.
* The two legislative chambers are cone-shaped, symbolizing the volcanoes that formed the Hawaiian Islands.
* The columns around the perimeter of the building have shapes resembling royal palm trees. There are eight columns in four rows at either side of the building to represent the eight main islands.
* The Capitol is built with an open-air design, with a central atrium, which allows the elements to enter; and there are four planters in the atrium for kukui trees--the Hawaii state tree.
While I appreciate the architectural elements of the building, my exploration of the grounds was less than impressive. For example:
* Barriers were erected around the capitol in 2021, in response to FBI warnings about potential civil protest. Although "decorated", a wooden fence remains.
* The reflecting pool was drained.
* The planters in the atrium were empty, as the trees had died.
I understand that building maintenance in tropical environments is a lot of work. But frankly, a simple power wash alone would go a long way to clean the place up and make it look more impressive.
Skriftlig 20 november 2022
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TeamWard
Nottingham, UK5 683 inlägg
juni 2022 • Familj
While near the Palace go and visit the Hawaii State Capitol building, a great piece of architecture and well worth a quick wander around and through the building open centre
Skriftlig 20 juni 2022
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ITRT
Virginia46 586 inlägg
mars 2022
Hawaii’s capitol building is located near Iolani Palace and houses the offices of the governor and other state officials. The building itself was designed with lots of open space to convey the government is an open one. Near the archives building on the palace grounds is a path that leads to the back of the capitol building. In front is a statue of Father Damien, the Catholic priest who administered to the Hawaiians with leprosy. At the back of the building is a statue of the Queen Liliuokalani who was the last sovereign monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The building has eight columns which are intended to represent the eight Hawaiian islands.
Skriftlig 16 juni 2022
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