Orrin G. Hatch U.S. District Courthouse
2014 ACEC Utah Excellence in Engineering Grand Conceptor Award
2014 ACEC Utah Grand Conceptor Award Excellence in Engineering
2015 AIA National Honor Award for Architecture
2016 ENR Mountain States Region Best Projects Government/Public
2016 GSA National Honor Award Architecture & Interiors
2016 GSA National Honor Award Art
2014 ENR Mountain States Region Best Projects Government/Public
2014 UC&D Utah Most Outstanding Project of the Year
Located behind the existing Frank E. Moss Courthouse, the Orrin G. Hatch District Courthouse rests on a raised landscaped plaza. The building features 9 district and 5 magistrate courtrooms, ceremonial courtrooms, 11 district and five magistrate judges’ chambers, jury assembly suite, U.S. attorney suite, and probation pretrial offices.
Force protection design includes progressive collapse, blast loading design and design of structural components of critical spaces for defined explosive threats. Two levels of below-grade parking were designed for blast loads. The 10-story building features a circular glass staircase extending from the first floor to the Special Proceedings Courtroom on the third level. It is suspended from the ceiling by steel rods and wrapped with a wooden screen. The 10-story atrium holds a large sculpture made from 380 optical aluminum tubes with different light-reflective qualities.