Frank J. Lausche State Office Building, Government building in downtown Cleveland, United States

The Frank J. Lausche State Office Building is a government center in downtown Cleveland located at the intersection of West Superior and Prospect Avenue. Its distinctive seven-sided shape contains 15 floors that house administrative offices and serve as a workspace for state agencies.

Built between 1977 and 1979 at a cost of US$26 million, the tower rose on land whose air rights belonged to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, which limited the site to its seven-sided footprint. Architect Robert P. Madison designed the 204-foot, 15-story structure, and it was named for Frank Lausche, Cleveland's 47th mayor, later Ohio's 57th governor and a US senator from 1957 to 1969.

The sculpture in front of the building is Tony Smith's Last, a large abstract work of dark steel placed on the plaza facing the Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse. Smith was a sculptor and architect whose monumental geometric pieces are sited in public spaces across the United States. The work is visible from the sidewalk along West Superior and Prospect Avenue.

The building stands at the corner of West Superior and Prospect Avenue, directly in front of the Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse, on the Tower City Center complex. The seven-sided footprint follows the shape of its plot, since the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority held the air rights above the rest of the land. Over 1,300 tenants work here, most for the State of Ohio.

The building was designed with a seven-sided shape specifically to fit the irregular plot of land available for construction. This distinctive architectural solution shows how the design adapted to the precise constraints of the site.