Barren, dry space with low ceiling...

Barren, dry space with low ceilings may be acceptable for about government offices, but certainly unsuitable for a state's appellate and highest courts. So when the State of Illinois' Capital growth Board (CDB) handed its Chicago office and courtroom delineate to Holabird & Root (H&R), it asked the local A/E firm to create courtroom and lobby space befitting the building's function. Besides courtrooms, the building had to accommodate office space for state agencies.

The 20-story State of Illinois Office Building forfeited all of its occupants when Helmut Jahn's State