It's a remarkable work of 1980s postmodern architecture, and it's also full of rats. Cobble those two truths together and you've got a nearly complete understanding of the William P. Hobby, Jr. State Office Building at 333 Guadalupe Street, a downtown structure of great ambition and eclectic design widely disliked by its tenants anyway -- and this month, with fences recently raised around the now-vacant office complex, it's looking like the Hobby Building is headed for the graveyard of Austin's history.
Owned by the State of Texas since 1990, this block . . .
