Alaska — Flat Top

The Design
The Alaska state capitol building design is a flat-topped Art Deco block. When seen from above, it is actually U-shaped, with the front being the bottom of the U.

Only part of the front facade is visible from behind the taller building in front of the capitol. Since it was built as a territorial capitol, it is not on a large site like our other state capitols are.

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Jay Galvin
from Pleasanton, CA
USA

Florida — Flat Top

The Design
The Florida state capitol building design is an International Style, 322-foot tall skyscraper with a flat top. The domed building in the foreground is Florida's historic Old Capitol.

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Ebyabe
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New Mexico — Flat Top

The Design
The New Mexico state capitol building design is Neoterritorial with a flat top. It is round; a full circle with four entrance pavilions forming an equilateral cross. This shape represents the Native American roundhouse or Kiva.

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Einar Einarsson Kvaran
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North Dakota — Flat Top

The Design
The North Dakota state capitol building design is a flat-topped, 20-story, Art Deco tower. The Legislative and Judicial wings are also flat-topped.

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Bobak Ha'Eri
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Virginia — Low Gable Roof

The Design
The Virginia state capitol building design is Neoclassical with a low gable roof on the older, center section and flat roofs on the wings. Though there is an interior dome, there is no exterior dome or cupola. There is a skylight over the interior dome, and another large skylight over each wing.

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Varmin
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