Carolyn Sims
Description: After 85 years, Oklahoma’s State Capitol building was still missing the dome from its original design. See how FSB completed this project.
FSB spearheads one-of-a-kind historic project, bringing to life Oklahoma’s original Capitol concept.
Eighty-five years after it was constructed, Oklahoma’s State Capitol building remained unfinished, noticeably missing the central dome that was part of the intended design . In the early 2000s, however, as Oklahoma City expanded an ambitious downtown development initiative, financial and public support for completion of the dome simultaneously came together.
FSB was first brought in to conduct a feasibility study/assessment to determine whether the building could physically support the addition of a dome. Once the project was given the green light, it presented an exciting opportunity, as no dome had been added to an existing capitol building in the United States since 1868. The challenges for FSB and our strategic partner, Manhattan Construction, were many: to match the original building’s exterior using modern materials, to incorporate state history into the
Carolyn Sims