Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse, Eugene, Oregon

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 Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse
Designer Morphosis, Santa Monica, California, USA , AIA
Location Eugene, Oregon, USA
Date 1999 to 2006
Building Type Government Building
Construction System Steel
Climate Mild Temperate
Context Small Town or City
Architectural Style Deconstructivist Modern
Builder JE Dunn Construction, Portland, Oregon, USA
Street Address 405 East 8th Avenue
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Building Details
Client GSA Northwest Region 10
Cost $75 Million US Dollars
Area 270,000 sq. ft. (25,000 sq. m.)
Stories 4
Site 225,206 square feet (5.17 acres)
Program six federal courtrooms with judge’s chambers, support offices, lobby, and jury assembly areas.
Awards  
  • U.S. Green Building Council LEED-NC, v.2/v.2.1--Level: Gold (39 points)
  • Recipient, AIA COTE Top Ten Award, 2007.


"The Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse serves the District of Oregon as part of the Ninth Judicial Circuit. The courthouse has five stories above grade and one below grade; the first and second floors hold offices for the courts and their clerks, the U.S. attorney, probation and pretrial services, the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. General Services Administration, two U.S. senators, and one member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

"The building's six courtrooms (two district courtrooms, two magistrate courtrooms, and two bankruptcy courtrooms), all on the third floor, range from 1,800 ft2 to 3,000 ft2. Above the courtroom level are six judges' chambers, one visiting judge's chamber, and two judicial library spaces."

- http://www.aiatopten.org/hpb/overview.cfm?ProjectID=776


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  • Design Architect: Morphosis, Santa Monica, California, USA
    • Principal: Thom Mayne
    • Project Manager: Kim Groves
    • Job Captain: Maria Guest
    • Project Designer: Ben Damron, Patrick Tighe, Eui-Sung Yi
    • Project team: Caroline Barat, Linda Chung, Ted Kane, Ung-Joo Scott Lee, Rolando Mendoza, John Skillern, Martin Summers
    • Project Assistants: Alasdair Dixon, Haseb Faqirzada, Dwoyne Keith, Laura McAlpine, Gerardo Mingo, Sohith Perera, Nadine Quirmbach, Michaela Schippl, Natalia Traverso Caruana
  • Executive Architect: DLR Group, Portland, Oregon, USA
    • Principals: Jon Pettit, Bill Buursma, Kent Larson
    • Project Architect: Jim Conley, Jason Wandersee

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Wayne Morse Bio at Wikipedia.org

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