However, not all state-owned buildings fall under such a definition.

One of the group's first projects is the renovation of 80 Hanson Place, a 30,000-square-foot state-owned building that had stood vacant for 10 years.

The French government traditionally provides free housing for ministers in their ministries or other state-owned buildings or in rental apartments.

The library is the "greenest" state-owned building in Utah, and won two 2008 awards from Intermountain Construction magazine for its energy efficiency.

But in 1995 the state-owned building closed, leaving its fate in doubt.

From now on, they say, they will require written agreements with artists before their work is displayed in state-owned buildings.

For example, the authority has set aside $60 million for use in state-owned buildings.

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The new owners will be guaranteed occupancy in the state-owned buildings, usually at extremely low rents, for two years.

A gigantic hole was knocked "in what is a very, very important piece of history," said Patricia Crow, who lives near the state-owned building.