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...

A common issue in courthouses is how to fit an additional courtroom into an existing space. This issue is often difficult to address as many courthouses need more space. The following decision tree applies logic to assist courts in identifying space for a new courtroom fit during the courthouse...

I visited the library in this historic courthouse several times (image shown below) over a period of years and watched it change in both form and function. In the past, it was a classic formal library filled with densely placed linear stacks of law books. Recently, as shown in the photo, the...

In this third article focused on overall courthouse circulation, we are discussing fire life-safety code compliance issues to keep in mind during courthouse planning.

Defining the Problems with Historic Courthouse Circulation

Understanding and defining the problems in modern courthouse circulation is critical to improving historic older courthouses. In this new series, we will examine the issues with courthouse circulation and how courthouse planning can address...