Twenty-Eight Projects Included with Six Cited for Excellence

The AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice (AAJ) selected 28 projects in March for publication in the 2008 Justice Facilities Review, six of which received citations for architectural and design excellence. The projects and their architects will be published in September 2008 and become part of a traveling exhibit that will tour the country throughout the year.

The Justice Facilities Review offers the profession an indicator of proven strategies and the latest trends in the design and construction of justice facilities in the U.S. The jury chooses projects for publication that demonstrate quality of form, functionality, and current architectural responses to complex justice design issues.

The jury consisted of representatives from the justice, architecture, and government sectors who reviewed newly constructed facilities that ranged from courthouses to forensic laboratories to maximum security prisons. The jury included: Michael A. Moxam, OAA, MAA, FRAIC, Assoc. AIA of Stantec Architecture Ltd. in Toronto; David Clusiau, OAA, MRAIC, Assoc. AIA, LEED AP., of NORR Ltd. in Toronto; Jeff Sheppard AIA of Roth + Sheppard Architects in Denver; Ed Spooner, AIA, Vice President, Design Services Geo Group in Coral Gables, Florida; James Bradley, Chief of Police, White Plains, New York; Jude Del Preore, Trial Court Administrator, Burlington Co. NJ; Sheriff Beth Arthur, of Arlington County, Virginia.

PDF of the Justice Facilities Review 2008 book.

The six projects receiving special citations from the jury are:

Essex County Courthouse
Newark, NJ
Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects, LLC

Fort Collins Police Services Facility
Fort Collins, CO
Humphries Poli Architects

Haifa Court House
Israel
Chyutin Architects LTD

Hollenback Replacement Police Station
Boyle Heights (Los Angeles), CA
AC Martin Partners

U.S. Courthouse
Houston, TX
PageSoutherlandPage, LLP

Wheeling Federal Building and U.S. District Courthouse
Wheeling, WV
Goody Clancy & Associates, Inc.

The 22 selected projects are:

Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center
San Leandro, CA,
HOK
Beverly Prior Architects

Auburn Justice Center
Auburn, CA
Beverly Prior Architects

City of Miami College of Policing/Miami-Dade School of Law Studies, Homeland Security and Forensic Sciences
Miami, FL
Spillis Candela DMJM

Connecticut Appellate Courthouse
Hartford, CT
Ricci Greene Architects, P.C.

Durham Consolidated Courthouse
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
WZMH Architects

Federal Judicial Centre, 180 Queen St West
Mississauga, Toronto, Ontario
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects

Fresno Juvenile Justice Campus
Fresno, CA
KMD Architects + Planners

Hamilton County Juvenile Services Center
Noblesville, IN
RQAW Corporation

John Adams Courthouse
Boston, MA
CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc.

LAPD Valley Bomb Squad
Los Angeles, CA
WWCOT

Mecklenburg County Courthouse
Charlotte, NC
HDR Architecture, Inc.

Nashville Neighborhood Police & Traffic Facility
Fort Worth, TX
Perkins + Will

Old Post Office/Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District
St. Louis, MO
Trivers Associates

Public Safety Academy of Northeast India
Fort Wayne, IN
Schenkel Shultz

Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse Annex
Little Rock, Arkansas
WER/RTKL, a joint venture

Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility
Sacramento, CA
Lionakis Beaumont Design Group Inc.

Seattle Justice Center
Seattle, WA
NBBJ

South Central Police Station
Dallas, TX
Perkins + Will

Sparks Justice Center
Sparks, NV
DLR Group

SRPMIC Detention Center
Scottsdale, AZ
DMJM Design

State of New York Appellate Court, 3rd Dept
Albany, NY
Ricci Greene Architects, P.C.

United States District Courthouse
Orlando, FL
Leers Weinzapfel Associates