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Alan Ruby

Alan Ruby joined Fentress in 2002 and is one of the company's senior architects. He combines an extensive knowledge of architecture and the built environment with analytical skills. Alan is an avid scuba diver and cyclist, and a long-time collector of abstract art.

Recent Posts

Going, Going…

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article, The Ruling Is in: High-Tech Mobile Law Offices Really Work, describing my attorney’s law firm’s surprising transition from a traditional office to an open-mobile office environment. As I concluded, I considered the other examples of private...

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Participation in a jury is the manner in which most Americans experience our judicial system. A much greater number of people serve on criminal and civil juries than experience the judicial system as plaintiffs, defendants, attorneys, or officers of the court. In fact, as of 2012, as many as 27% of...

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As an architect, I don’t know everything about the courthouse planning process. As an undergraduate student at Ohio State University, my architecture professors routinely emphasized their belief that architects were the center of the universe, omniscient beings like Frank Lloyd Wright who could...

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Whenever I visit a courtroom, one of the first functional areas that I consider is the jury box in the courthouse planning process. The condition of the jury box is of particular interest to me since this is where ordinary citizens, like myself, are introduced to the American judicial system. It...

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I recently received a comment on my Justice in the Dark post regarding natural light, which helps to create a more pleasant environment in a courtroom while also reducing energy costs. I briefly responded that I couldn’t agree more! Now, let me take the opportunity to elaborate.

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