2024-12-22T08:29:08-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/45670123/is-the-north-dakota-capitol-building-ugly Alexander Walter 2012-04-20T13:36:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4f/4f9e189acd1f89e580fdfb75f03865dc?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>North Dakota&rsquo;s governor has bitten back at a Minnesota lawmaker who compared his state&rsquo;s Depression-era Capitol building to an insurance office, calling the critic ignorant of classic architecture. The Capitol in Bismarck was built during the 1930s with a plain concrete and stone exterior, ostensibly to keep costs down.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Let us know what you think in the comment section below.</p>