John Carl Warnecke was an architect based in who designed numerous monuments and structures in the Modernist, Bauhaus, and other similar styles. He was an early proponent of contextual architecture. Among his more notable buildings and projects are the Hawaii State Capitol building, the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame memorial gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery, and the master plan for Lafayette Square.
John Carl Warnecke and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy discuss plans for Lafayette Square in September 1962.
Northeast corner of Lafayette Square. The Howard T. Markey National Courts Building (in red) stands behind the historic Cutts-Madison House (yellow) and former Cosmos Club (tan).
Aerial view of the President John F. Kennedy grave site and Eternal Flame at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, in November 2005.
Slate headstone and Eternal Flame marking the grave of John F. Kennedy.
The Hawaii State Capitol is the official statehouse or capitol building of the U.S. state of Hawaii. From its chambers, the executive and legislative branches perform the duties involved in governing the state. The Hawaii State Legislature—composed of the twenty-five member Hawaii State Senate led by the President of the Senate and the fifty-one member Hawaii State House of Representatives led by the Speaker of the House—convenes in the building. Its principal tenants are the Governor of Hawaii and Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, as well as all legislative offices and the Legislative Reference Bureau.
The Hawaii State Capitol from the southeast
The Hawaii State Capitol is on Beretania Street.
The central atrium
Statue of Father Damien outside the Hawaii State Capitol Building