Send representatives and there was a big ceremony when he was placed on top of the building. Theres a little tie in for the old and the new. This is the archival collections for the nebraska state capitol. We house the architectural materials related to the design and construction of the present state capitol. One of the things that makes our building unique, we have this amazing collection of materials that document the construction of the building. When the destruction was made that nebraska needed a new state capitol. The legislature put together a commission to oversee the design and construction of the building. The commission put together a competition to select an architect. The unique part about this competition, it was a double blind competition, the competitors didnt know who the judges were. And the judges didnt know who the competitors were. The advantage to this process was that the architects could design to the specifications that were put in front of them instead of des
Building unique, we have this amazing collection of materials that document the construction of the building. When the destruction was made that nebraska needed a new state capitol. The legislature put together a commission to oversee the design and construction of the building. The commission put together a competition to select an architect. The unique part about this competition, it was a double blind competition, the competitors didnt know who the judges were. And the judges didnt know who the competitors were. The advantage to this process was that the architects could design to the specifications that were put in front of them instead of designing to the known tastes of the judges. They were able to come up with some solutions they would not have come up with otherwise. Bertram suggested a tower. It had the advantage of being able to be constructed in phases. This photo here shows that process. We have the north and south parts of the building going up around the previous capitol
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Building unique is the fact we have this amazing collection of materials that document the construction of the building. When the decision was made that nebraska needed a new state capitol, the legislator put noorgt a commission to over see the design and construction of the building. The chigz put together a competition to select an architect. The unique part about this competition is that it was a double blind competition. So the comp petteres didnt know who the judges were. And the judges didnt know who the competitors were. The advantage to this process was that the architects could design to the specifications that were put ipfront of them ined stead of designing to the known tastes of the judges. They were able to come up with some solutions they might not have come up with normally. His winning design was very dwlu neek. It had a power instead of the tradition capitol style being. It also had the advantage of being able to be constructed in phases. This photo here shows that pro
Building unique is the fact we have this amazing collection of materials that document the construction of the building. When the decision was made that nebraska needed a new state capitol, the legislator put noorgt a commission to over see the design and construction of the building. The chigz put together a competition to select an architect. The unique part about this competition is that it was a double blind competition. So the comp petteres didnt know who the judges were. And the judges didnt know who the competitors were. The advantage to this process was that the architects could design to the specifications that were put ipfront of them ined stead of designing to the known tastes of the judges. They were able to come up with some solutions they might not have come up with normally. His winning design was very dwlu neek. It had a power instead of the tradition capitol style being. It also had the advantage of being able to be constructed in phases. This photo here shows that pro