WASHINGTON — On most state capitol campuses, buildings are treated as monuments—fixed, permanent, and resistant to change. In Olympia, Washington, the opposite has just occurred. The Newhouse Replacement Building, designed by The Miller Hull Partnership is a deliberate rethinking of what civic architecture can be when permanence is no longer assumed, when materials are treated as part of a lifecycle, and when sustainability is measured not just in performance metrics, but in cultural continuity. …Rather than erase the original structure, the design team approached the project as an act of deconstruction—carefully dismantling the old building and salvaging its materials for reuse. …In a region defined by its forests, the use of mass timber is both practical and symbolic. …Its structural system incorporates Acoustic Dowel Laminated Timber (ADLT) floor decks—an innovative assembly that replaces adhesives with precision-milled wood joinery and integrates acoustic insulation directly into the material system.