District Court of Maryland

Size: 162,000 sf

Location: Rockville, MD

Partners

Owner: MD Dept. of General Services
Architect: AECOM

Awards

Award of Excellence, NAIOP MD/DC
Excellence in Construction, ABC Ches.
Award of Excellence Merit, AIA/AAJ

This project features 12 state-of-the-art courtrooms with custom finishes, a video bail system, voice and video recording, 13 judges’ chambers with private amenities, 23 prisoner holding cells, a remote security control room, and a 3-story stone and glass atrium. The 6-story, 162,000 SF facility includes office spaces, MEP systems, seven elevators, garage parking, and high-density file storage, all within a structural steel frame with a limestone and glass curtain wall exterior.

The courthouse’s iconic appearance, featuring an Alabama limestone façade, demanded meticulous attention to detail. The building’s subsurface foundations comprised 128 caissons of varying sizes and depths, presenting challenges at the zero lot line site. 

Images: © Jeffrey Sauers