Photos: Construction Progress At Miami’s New 474-Foot Civil Courthouse

Construction continues to progress at Miami-Dade’s new civil courthouse, according to photos by Phillip Pessar.

The courthouse tower topped off earlier this year.

Plans showed an expected top off height of 25 stories, or 474 feet above ground.

HOK is the architect.

 

 

(photos: Phillip Pessar)

 

 

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Casey
1 month ago

An absolute eyesore

*Name*
1 month ago

Hideous… for the life of me I can’t figure out what the inspiration on the windows articulation was. It’s senseless.

Conrad
1 month ago

It will be the ugliest building in Miami, looks like a poorly assembled LEGO set made in Pakistan 🤦🏼‍♂️

wanderer34
1 month ago

💯 It’s modern, but severely lacks the charm of the old building and is uninspiring and stale.

Anonymous
1 month ago

‘Cuz it so edgy. /sarcasm

Anonymous
1 month ago

Monolithic!

Anonymous
1 month ago

If it was monolithic, at least it would have a consistent design. It’s a box with windows drawn by a schizo.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Maybe the windows were designed to have some numerical significance. Does anyone know why the windows are all mix matched? Maybe it has a meaning that would be cool.

Anonymous
1 month ago

No. No it wouldn’t

socio
1 month ago

Placing a municipality building on empty lot across the street for other missing services that are either astray in other areas or non-existent is long overdue…

Anonymous
1 month ago

So difficult to find newly constructed government buildings that aren’t eyesores. They are even worse than they start out! Depressing!

Anonymous
1 month ago

Poor representation of our Justice system! It’s an embarrassment and our city leaders need to be replaced on Nov 6th!

Anonymous
1 month ago

oh no, you’re not a drama queen

Anonymous
1 month ago

The old buildings looked better

Anonymous
1 month ago

Just get it done along with Flagler St and let the private sector do its thing to add value to downtown as its currently a large toilet bowl for the homeless and addicted…

Anonymous
1 month ago

They all suck

anonymous
1 month ago

the 852 million tower that looks like 10 million dollar tower. our local politicians and Media are ok with this

Anonymous
1 month ago

Govt kickbacks. Why would anyone complain?

Anonymous
1 month ago

What an embarrassment! Vote out all the commisioners!

Downtown Vagabond
1 month ago

The ones the replace them will be just as bad. Welcome to Miami!

*MY EYES*
1 month ago

who design this tower? stevie wonder?

*my eyes* – spongebob meme

Anonymous
1 month ago

Barcode hell.

Cover the Podiums
1 month ago

It could have tapered towards the top with Art Deco architecture. Instead they went with a concrete rectangle

Anonymous
1 month ago

It could have lined up the windows. Instead they went with a jailhouse look.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Maybe the windows are brail for some hidden message that relates to the law?

Anonymous
1 month ago

I wonder which un-entitled banana republic-tier elected official this will be named after?

Anonymous
1 month ago

When your client is managed by the tasteless commissioners of Miami – what do you expect?

MiamoManny
1 month ago

“Our design emphasizes the dignity of the justice system and the importance of Miami-Dade’s citizens in the judicial process,” said Jeff Goodale, HOK’s director of Justice. “We want to enhance the health and well-being of everyone who uses the building’s spaces and provide new efficiencies and flexibility to meet the County’s needs for decades to come.”

HOK’s team has designed the building to achieve LEED Silver certification. Sustainable design features include allowing an abundance of daylight into the building, strategies for energy and water conservation, and use of healthy interior materials. Strategies for resilience include raising the ground floor above the street level in anticipation of sea-level rise and locating mechanical functions on higher floors.

The new courthouse is the state of Florida’s first social infrastructure project to be delivered under a public-private partnership (P3) model. HOK is the architect/designer on the project, Plenary Group is the developer and financial sponsor, Tutor Perini is the design-build contractor and Johnson Controls is the operations and maintenance partner.

wanderer34
1 month ago

Why couldn’t Miami-Dade just renovate the old one that they currently operate out of?

On the other hand, while out of topic, the City of Miami should move to downtown and construct its own building.

Mr Bombo
1 month ago

You all are group thinkers on here. One person kicks off the sentiment and here comes the rest of you piling on with the same lazy commentary. You’ve all seen much worse EVERYWHERE. Bunch of pretentious mofos on here.

Anon
1 month ago

Looks nice – can’t wait to see the stone cladding applied.

*Name*
1 month ago

Sarcasm?

Anon
1 month ago

No I actually like it and think ya’ll are being super dramatic. Refreshing to have a stone building in downtown. It looks clean. What exactly do people hate again? “Mismatched windows” I’m guessing?

professional
1 month ago

In reality the picture is just that compared to real-life! Makes the place more functional and aesthetic!!

Compared to the old decrepit library and crumbling parking garages behind on upgrades and expansion in-conjunction to Downtown extension of educational institutions.

Anonymous
1 month ago

If it was glass box it would be a clean design. Mismatched windows are what it’s not a “clean” design.

Anon
1 month ago

Perfectly aligned windows for the entirety of the tower is not a prerequisite for good architectural design.

Anonymous
1 month ago

The 852 million price tag. MASSIVE SCAM ALERT

Anonymous
1 month ago

You mean stucco?

Anon
1 month ago

I mean stone. You can tell from the joinery on the edges of the windows that a stone façade will be applied.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Why would they waste stone in such a a design? It’s pointles. Stop the stone! It won’t look any better than cheap stucco on this poor design. Waste of money. Build a classical stone traditional looking courthouse with that money.

Anonymous
1 month ago

Exterior will be stucco throughout only stone facade on east up to the 3rd floor