{"id":20408,"date":"2016-07-11T21:20:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T21:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/projects\/calgary-courts-centre\/"},"modified":"2020-01-21T15:40:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T20:40:22","slug":"calgary-courts-centre","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/projects\/calgary-courts-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary Courts Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Calgary Courts Centre project was designed to facilitate access, simplify wayfinding for the public in a large complex, and consolidate five separate existing court facilities throughout the city. The project is a successful example of fast-tracked design-build delivery and a collaborative process. The LEED-certified courthouse is intended to improve public access to the courts, and lead by example through its environmentally conscious design.<\/p>\n<p>Located on a two-block site in downtown Calgary in the province of Alberta, Canada, the Calgary Courts Centre consists of a pair of 22 and 24-story towers linked by a 26-story atrium. The project includes an underground parking garage, and incorporates a generous new urban park. The glass enclosed atrium infuses the entire building with natural light and allows for extensive views of the Rocky Mountains and downtown Calgary.<\/p>\n<p>The centre\u2019s design creates a distinct symbol for the Provincial Court, the Court of Queens Bench, and the future Court of Appeal, while housing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>73 courtrooms;<\/li>\n<li>95 judicial chambers;<\/li>\n<li>Court clerk and registry offices;<\/li>\n<li>Law library;<\/li>\n<li>Two floors of alternative dispute resolution facilities;<\/li>\n<li>Cafeteria;<\/li>\n<li>Counsel facilities; and<\/li>\n<li>Extensive prisoner processing and holding areas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AECOM provided comprehensive planning and design of the courtrooms, closely coordinating with the design of the centre\u2019s interior. The principal architect was Kasian Architecture with Norr Limited\/Carlos Ott as design architects.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Awards Citation, AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice, Justice Facilities Review, 2009<\/li>\n<li>Award of Excellence, Canadian Design-Build Institute, 2009<\/li>\n<li>Merit Award in Green Building, AIA, Miami Chapter, 2008<\/li>\n<li>Silver Recipient, Premiers Award of Excellence, 2005<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":20412,"template":"","tags":[],"city":[547],"class_list":["post-20408","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","city-calgary"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/20408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/20408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20409,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/20408\/revisions\/20409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20408"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=20408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}