Regional Justice Center
Architect(s): Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects
Address: 200 Lewis St.
Year: 2003

The Regional Justice Center contains 700,000 square feet of space to house four different court systems: Municipal, Justice, District, and Supreme. The eighteen-story concrete structure is surrounded by a five-story volume to help make the scale more context friendly. A light-filled, canyon-like space runs through this volume and terminates at the main entrance, which is elevated and features a civic plaza that reflects traditional courthouse design. Unfortunately, the RJC has been plagued by construction problems. This building won an AIA Nevada Design Award in 1999.

Opening in Oct. 2005, the facility's 5-story podium component and 17-story court tower connected by a 4-story atrium structure includes a court tower floor plan with four courtrooms and a waiting area connected to the elevator lobby by a 20 foot long glass enclosed bridge. Designed as the model justice center of the 21st century the Regional Justice Center incorporates the latest advances in security and courtroom technologies.

County Information.

Emporis Information.


Resources available in the ASL:

AIA. “Justice Facilities Review, 1999-2000.” Washington D.C.: The American Institute of Architects, 1999, 12-15. ASL File #: LVA(F) TS 66

“AIA, Las Vegas Chapter, honors local projects.” Construction Connection (Nov. 1999): 18. ASL File #: AWARD 15

“Architects host annual design awards gala.” Las Vegas Review Journal 24 October 1999: 1M, 4M. ASL File #: AWARD 7

“Clark County Regional Justice Center.” Emporis . 2004. [Online]. Available: www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=155711 Accessed February 8, 2005. ASL File #: LVA(F) TS 71

“Clark County Regional Justice Center.” Nevada Construction Review (2001): 98-99. ASL File #: GEN 17

Di Edoardo, Chris. “Architects: Caliche county's problem.” Las Vegas Review Journal 18 May 2001: 6B. ASL File #: LVA(F) TS 30

----------------------. “Caliche adds to Justice Center overruns.” Las Vegas Review Journal 14 May 2001: 1B, 4B. ASL File #: LVA(F) TS 31

Friess, Steve. “Judicial one-stop shopping.” Las Vegas Review Journal 16 November 1998: 1B, 2B. Includes rendering. ASL File #: LVA(F) TS 1

Fox, William L. “The contest…in context.” Architecture Las Vegas 1, n.1 (Jan. 2001): 24-32. Includes photos. ASL File #: GEN 12 and GEN 20

Geary, Frank. “Courthouse, jail building over budget.” Las Vegas Review Journal 2 April 2002: 1B, 7B. ASL File #:LVA(F) TS 36

----------------.”Regional Justice Center Won't Open Soon.” Las Vegas Review Journal , 20 August 2003, 2B, 12B. ASL File #: LVA(F) TS 38

----------------. “Media invited to tour troubled site.” Las Vegas Review Journal 30 January 2003: 1B, 8B. Includes progress photo. ASL File #: LVA(F) TS 43

----------------. “$30 million added for jail, courthouse.” Las Vegas Review Journal 3 April 2002: , 10B. ASL File #: LVA(F) TS 35

“New and notable.” Architecture Las Vegas 1, n.2 (Fall/Winter 2001): 8-10. ASL File #: GEN 21

Packer, Adrienne. “ Regional Justice Center : County, Contractor Trade Barbs.” Las Vegas Review-Journal . 23 May 2004. [Online]. Available: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/May-23-Sun-2004/news/23939635.html Accessed June 1, 2004. ASL File #: LVA(F) TS 52

Packer, Adrienne. “Update: County Officials Say Moving Date Near for Troubled Regional Justice Center .” Las Vegas Review-Journal . 15 November 2004. Available: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Nov-15-Mon-2004/news/25252274.html Accessed November 16, 2004. ASL File #: LVA(F) TS 60

Tate & Snyder Architects: Architecture in a Sprawling Landscape . Milan, Italy: l'Arca Edizioni, 2000. Includes project statement, site plan, floor plan, and computer renderings.
UNLV Arch NA737 T37 A4 2000

AIA Nevada Design Awards (2005) Entry No. B05033, Submission. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: Form Core Boards, Project Identification Form, Photo Release Form, Intern Compensation Disclaimer Form, Project Entry Form, Exteriors Photos, Site Plan, Floor Plans, Interior Photos and CD

AIA Nevada Design Awards (2000) Entry No. UN00109, Submission. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form/board, drawings, 10 Years of Excellence in Design

AIA Nevada Design Awards (1999) Entry No. 99NVU102, Nevada Merit Award . UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form, plans, drawings

AIA Nevada Design Awards (1998) Entry No. 98NVU201, Submission. UNLV Architecture Studies Library holds: entry form, renderings

*This project won a 1999 AIA Nevada Merit Award in the Unbuilt category.

Information and image(s) also available on ASL's self guided architectural driving tours:
http://www.library.unlv.edu/arch/lasvegas/downtown01b.html#005

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