Designed by Perkins+Will, AOC Long Beach Courts Building is located in Long Beach, United States. Dictated by context and solar orientation, it opens itself to the City and simultaneously embraces those arriving. The Court Building rises from an office podium of fluted concrete panels, while eight courtrooms per floor are organised in a ‘V’ configuration and expressed in shiplapped precast concrete....
Designed by WZMH Architects, Durham Region Courthouse is located in Oshawa, Canada. A large outdoor public space, Courthouse Square, acts as the forecourt to the building entrance and creates opportunities for civic engagement. The scale of the main entrance pavilion on the square establishes a sense of dignity, appropriate for the front door of a courthouse. The courthouse elevations are highly transparent,...
Aylesbury Crown Court that located in Aylesbury, United Kingdom, was designed by HOK International Ltd. The building plan is linear, creating a long and narrow building; this suits the design of the four courts within and is favoured by the client, HMCTS (Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunal Service). The court’s blueprint addresses the complexity of designing courthouses: there are intricate...
Maryland District Court of Rockville that located in Rockville, Maryland, United States, was designed by AECOM. The design is a strong, contemporary form with an identifiable, civic-scaled entry. Building materials were selected in consideration of their solemnity and durability. The monolithic stone form embraces a multi-story window, which helps define the building’s public zone. The use of glass...
The Justice Precinct, designed by Cox Rayner Architects is located at Ipswich, Australia, the end of the main civic street axis of Ipswich, the fastest growing regional city in Queensland. The generating idea was to shape the building into an L-shape such that a public space, rather than a traditional monumental frontage, engaged the public realm. This strategy also engendered depth into the site...