Salt Lake County - District Attorney's Office

- Salt Lake City

Transparency is a primary concept in the design for this new office building that represents the face of the District Attorney’s Office to the public, communicating law, trust and safety. Built to compliment the neighboring Matheson Courthouse, the building is carefully sited in this important civic setting. Limestone panels provide a solid frame to uphold a crystalline mosaic of glass, visually creating a statement of strength and unique beauty. Three distinct masses combine to modulate the monolithic facade, thoughtfully tucking the building into its tight urban site while providing contrasting scale and shadow. A clerestoried light well brightens the core, channeling daylight deeply into the building through inner windowed office walls. At the ground level, a public thoroughfare elevates the building, visually lightening the structure and creating clarity for optimum wayfinding.

- West Jordan

Located in West Jordan, Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office is designed as a dignified expression of justice and order that fits in with the civic campus at the heart of the civic center. A two-story masonry building with long vertical punched window openings, the proportions are complimentary to the neighboring 3rd District Courthouse. Pedestrian linkages were an important driver in the positioning of the building so that patrons and staff can easily identify and approach the pronounced canopy entry, and attorneys can easily walk to the courts next door.