In my last blog concerning courthouse accessibility, I discussed the challenge of reconciling accessibility requirements with historic preservation objectives at the main courthouse entrance. Today, I’m approaching a topic that is an even greater challenge for court planners and architects: the...

This is the first in a series concerning applying accessibility requirements in courthouses. I will begin by addressing reconciling courthouse entrance accessibility standards in courthouse planning with the preservation objectives and constraints posed by existing conditions in older historic...

In my previous blog on courthouse space reduction, I discussed how mobility and workspace sharing practices can be applied to probation and parole offices in courthouse planning. In this post, I will address the potential for reducing space in a clerk’s office. Although probation and parole offices...

As noted in our Courthouse Space Reduction post, many space reduction practices can be effectively applied to courthouse components occupying office space, such as a probation and parole office, clerk’s office, and other office space functions. Let’s consider the probation and parole office first...

The corporate world has embraced the concept of reducing office space for many years. Office spaces are being designed for the mobility and flexibility of today’s technology-enabled worker. Modern design concepts can take many forms such as sharing workstations (having fewer workstations than...