Oregon State Capitol
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The Oregon State Capitol is the building that houses the state legislature and the offices of the governor, secretary of state, and treasurer of the U.S. state of Oregon. Built from 1936 to 1938 and e
Oregon State Capitol, view from Capitol Mall
The building used as the capitol in 1855, when the territorial capital was briefly located in Corvallis
Artist's rendering of the 1855 building
Capitol in 1909
Stripped Classicism
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Stripped Classicism is primarily a 20th-century classicist architectural style stripped of most or all ornamentation, frequently employed by governments while designing official buildings. It was adop
Oregon State Capitol
…the third building to house the Oregon state government in Salem, the state capital. Fires destroyed earlier capitols in 1855 and 1935. Its Art Deco stripped classical design and its largely marble interior and exterior were conceived by New York architects Trowbridge & Livingston with Francis Keally. The central…
The German Imperial Embassy (designed 1911–12) on Saint Isaac's Square in Saint Petersburg is considered the key template for Stripped Classicism. It was stripped still further when the large statues originally placed on the plinth on the roof were removed during World War I
Victoria Palace, Bucharest, Romania, 1937–1944, by Duiliu Marcu
Albert Speer's Zeppelinfeld outside Nuremberg, in 1934
Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.