Justice center designers meet
Mary Voelz Chandler, Rocky Mountain News
Published February 17, 2006 at midnight
The national and local architects selected to design buildings for the new Denver justice center began meeting Thursday to discuss issues ranging from the urban design framework for the courthouse and jail to the conceptual design of the structures themselves.
"We've completed the scope and fee negotiations and will finalize the details," Mayor John Hickenlooper said at a gathering of designers and city employees involved in the project. "To envision the architects working and what the buildings will be like is one of the most exciting moments in life."
Design fees are $9.6 million for the courthouse design team of Steven Holl Architects and their local associates and consultants, and $10.9 million for the jail design team of Hartman-Cox Architects and their local associates and consultants.
The New York-based Holl has teamed with klipp Design, and Washington, D.C.-based Hartman- Cox with OZArchitecture, both based in Denver. Both teams include Ricci Greene Associates as programming consultants.
Officials say there should be a conceptual design to view by July.
The design meetings continue today. The project is funded by a $378 million bond issue approved by Denver voters in May.
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