Utah State Capitol

In the fall of 2000, MGB+A was commissioned, along with 3di International, and AJC Architects, but the Utah State Capitol Preservation Board, to produce a master plan and building renovation plan for the original master plan, created by John Olmstead, as part of the master planning process. A major element of the plan includes an oval pedestrian path around the exterior of the campus. The master plan also eliminates automobile parking in front of the capitol, allowing pedestrian traffic only in the front “yard.” The first phase of the master plan will involve building two new buildings and a roof top garden plaza atop of the existing parking structure. The phases progress through “greening” up the entire campus and proposing most of the parking to be underground. The project, including developing plans, is to be implemented over a 20 year period.