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Law Court Buildings : Architecture
Major Legal Architecture from around the World – Courthouse Designs
Law Courts
We have 1 main page of Law Courts selections with links to hundreds of individual project pages. We aim to select interesting design-led legal buildings.
We cover completed Courtrooms and Courts Buildings, new building designs and competitions across the world. The focus is on contemporary buildings but information on traditional legal buildings is also welcome.
Law Court Building – Latest Designs
New Law Courts of Caen, north west France
Design: BE Hauvette Paris and Atelier d’Architecture Pierre Champenois
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New Law Courts of Caen – 22 Jan 2013
Concerning urbanistic planning, the law courts of Caen redefines a new domain in the centre of the City. The design of BE Hauvette Paris and Atelier d’Architecture Pierre Champenois for this public building was recently presented to the public. It comes with a quadratic shape which comprises several duties and responsibilities: The cube underlines by its form the importance of jurisdiction by the means of architecture.
LCV Law Court Offices Venice, Italy
C+S Associati
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LCV Law Court Offices Venice – added 17 Dec 2012
The project is a winning entry of an international competition. The building is a graft in the complexity of the Venetian urban system facing Piazzale Roma, the car-entrance space to the city of Venice. At the same time it becomes the ‘infrastructure’ which brings an existing 19th century complex factory (Ex-Manifattura Tabacchi) to a contemporary use: in fact it houses the the technological systems serving the whole.
Taunton Trial Court, MA, USA
Leers Weinzapfel Associates
photo : © Anton Grassl / Esto
US District Courthouse Taunton – 31 May 2012
Leers Weinzapfel Associates’ Taunton Trial Court in Taunton, MA, is the recipient of a 2012 American Institute of Architecture/Academy of Architecture for Justice (AIA/AAJ) Justice Facilities Review (JFR) Program Award of Excellence Merit, an accolade it also received in 2008 for its US District Courthouse in Orlando.
Law Court Buildings – Recent Designs
Jerusalem District Courthouse, Israel
Chyutin Architects
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Jerusalem Courthouse
The courthouse building is located on a newly designed main public square in the city center of Jerusalem. The building houses all the judiciary levels except the Supreme Court, and contains 113 courtrooms and 135 judges’ chambers. The design of the court building connects and bridges among the host of diverse design languages of the buildings around it while creating a distinctive language of its own.
Haifa Court House Building, Israel
Chyutin Architects
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Haifa Court Building
The main concept pertaining to the functional plan of this Law Courts building is expressed in the systematic approach, which regards the structure as a “law factory.” The functional effectiveness surpasses considerations related to prestige or status.
Law Court Buildings
Key Law Courts Building Developments / Architecture Projects, alphabetical:
| Al-Farwania & Al-Jahra Court, Kuwait AGi architects  picture from architect Kuwaiti Court Complex | Alpine Courthouse, Texas, USA PageSoutherlandPage  photo : Chris Cooper Alpine Courthouse |
| Antwerp Law Courts Building, Belgium Richard Rogers Partnership  image from ArcelorMittal Antwerp Law Courts | Belgium Court of Justice, Hasselt, Belgium Jürgen Mayer H  picture from architect Belgium court building |
| Birmingham Magistrates’ Court Building, England Denton Corker Marshall  Denton Corker Marshall Birmingham Magistrates Court | Bronx County Hall of Justice, NY, USA Raphael Vinoly  image from Rafael Viñoly Architects Bronx County Hall of Justice, New York |
| City of Justice, Barcelona, Spain David Chipperfield Architects  photograph : Christian Richters City of Justice Barcelona | Civil Courts of Justice, Madrid, Spain Zaha Hadid Architects  picture from architect Madrid Civil Courts of Justice |
| Cour de Justice, Luxembourg Dominique Perrault  picture from architect Cour de Justice Luxembourg | Manchester Civil Justice Centre, England Denton Corker Marshall  picture from architect Manchester Law Courts |
| Miami Courthouse, Florida, USA Arquitectonica + HOK  photograph © Robin Hill Miami Courthouse | Palace of Justice, Cordoba, Spain Francine Houben / Mecanoo Architects  image from Mecanoo Palace of Justice Cordoba Building |
| Supreme Court building, Iceland Studio Granda  photo : Sigurgeir Sigurjonsson Supreme Court Iceland |
More Law Courts Building projects online soon
Law Courts Architecture – no images
Antwerp Law Courts, Antwerp, Belgium
2007
Rogers, Stirk, Harbour + Partners with VK Studio, Architects
Client: Regie der Gerouwen, RIBA European Award 2007
Barcelona & Hospitalet del Llobregat Law Courts, Barcelona, Spain
2002-
David Chipperfield Architects
aka Palace of Justice
Bordeaux Law Courts building, France
1998
Richard Rogers Partnership
European Court of Human Rights building, Strasbourg, France
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Richard Rogers Partnership
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, USA
1988
Rafael Vinoly Architects
John Jay College of Criminal justice, New York, USA
2007-
SOM
Palace of Justice building, Salerno, Italy
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David Chipperfield Architects
Supreme Law Court of Singapore building, Singapore
2006
Foster + Partners
US Courthouse Annex building, 500 Pearl St, New York, USA
1995
KPF
American Court Buildings
photo : © Anton Grassl / Esto
Buildings / photos for the Contemporary Law Court Architecture page welcome
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