Government and Federal

Appeals and High Courts, Campus of Justice,
The Foster + Partners high court building at the Madrid Campus of Justice.	The Madrid Campus of Justice appeals court.	Model of the Foster + Partners designs for the appeals and high courts.
Environmentally, both court buildings are efficiently oriented to minimise unwanted solar gain, while allowing natural daylight inside.	The upper floors contain seven sculptural, crystal-shaped courtrooms, while the lower five levels house a ring of administrative offices.

Berlin Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv),
The Prussian Officer Cadet building will form an important part of the Bundesarchiv.	The new Berlin Federal Archive buildings broke ground in mid-2006.	The Berlin Federal Archive campus will integrate the old and new buildings using glass corridors.
The new buildings will provide storage space and also public areas such as a lecture theatre and projection room.	The new Berlin Federal Archive will provide 110,000m of archive space.

Brooklyn Supreme and Family Courthouse, New York
Detail of the east façade.	The south-east elevation of the courthouse.	A view of the east façade of the courthouse.

Burj al-Taqa – The Energy Tower
The main 60m (197ft) roof-mounted turbine of the Dubai Energy Tower runs off a Darrieus-type rotor.	15,000m² (161,459ft²) of PV solar cells are installed on the roof of the Beach Mall next to the Burj al-Taqa tower.	Dubai temperatures can reach 50°C, so the cylindrical shape of the building is designed to minimise exposure of the surface to the sun.
When completed, the £200 Dubai Energy Tower will be the 22nd tallest building in the world.	The central atrium and a five-perimeter atria contain transparent ducts that look like plastic cylinders running up through the ceiling on all levels of the building.

Cordoba Courthouse,
The façade of the Cordoba courthouse building is slightly perforated in the manner of traditional architecture.	The courthouse interiors are painted white, with high ceilings and dark floors.	The Cordoba courthouse will cover a space 48,000m².
There are 26 courtrooms, a forensic institute, public facilities, a ceremonial room for weddings, offices, a café, a car park and a prison on the lower floors of the Cordoba courthouse.	Patios between the rooms and on the roof provide spaces for light and cooler air to circulate throughout the Cordoba courthouse.

European Central Bank,
The Grossmarkthalle was damaged in WII bombing and now it is getting a new lease of life.	The majority of the facilities of the new ECB HQ will be in the Grossmarkthalle.	The Grossmarkthalle will form an important part of the new development.
The double tower will be 220m with the communications mast.	The two ECB towers will be linked by an atrium.	The ECB double tower will form a new landmark on the Frankfurt skyline.

European Court of Justice (ECJ)
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is expanding again to adjust to the May 2004 enlargement of the EU; it requires increased office space for new members and staff and greater courtroom capacity.	The project, which began in 2003, is scheduled for completion in 2007 and will double the existing size of the Court.	The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is expanding again to adjust to the May 2004 enlargement of the EU; it requires increased office space for new members and staff and greater courtroom capacity.

Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ),
The new GCHQ in Cheltenham, UK, has been nicknamed the "Doughnut" because of its circular design.	The central courtyard garden is secure as it can only be accessed from the GCHQ building itself.	The reflective, blast-proof glass used in the building.
Cladding on the link building.

Hasselt Court of Justice
The Court of Justice building will be 6m from the railway tracks.	The Hasselt Court of Justice building has a double façade for insulation.	The Court of Justice development includes leisure spaces and offices.
There are 13 floors in the new Hasselt Court of Justice.

Home Office Headquarters, London
Home Office, showing iconic entrance screen.	Interior view of Home Office, showing super-scale graphics, overlooking atrium.	Home Office, nighttime shot, overlooking atrium.
View from interior of Home Office building, showing coloured canopy and landscaping and ceramic frit on façade.

House of Sweden (Swedish Embassy), Washington, DC
Construction began on House of Sweden, the new purpose-built Swedish Embassy in Washington, DC, in April 2004.	The House of Sweden is being developed on the Georgetown Harbor site on the bank of the Potomac River.	The new building will include 70,000ft² of floor space, two floors of embassy facilities and a conference center with exhibition areas and an auditorium.
The House of Sweden is to be a modern glass design interspersed with a framework of wood.	A six-story, 115,000ft² office complex is also being developed on the northern side of the site.	The exterior skin of the building will be clad with screened glass and will give the building a transparent appearance.
Design features include architectural columns, Swedish stone flooring and the interior walls made of glass and wood veneer screen panels.

Manchester Civil Justice Centre,
The MCJC is a medium-rise, steel-framed building, accommodating large clear-span floors.	MCJC façade.	The remarkable asymmetric fingers at each end of the MCJC cantilever up to 15m.

New British Embassy, Sana'a
The New British Embassy is located in a mountain valley 2,200m above sea level.	The body of the building is a board-marked concrete box, bedded into the sloping site.	Locally sourced materials have been used where possible.

New General Building of the Council of Europe,
The New General Building of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.	Conference areas.

New Government Buildings, Budapest
33 ministries will be amalgamated in one new government building.	The development is the size of 72 football pitches, and has new park and leisure areas.	Foliage on the roofs and walls of the new government buildings acts as a natural temperature regulator.
The Green Link connects Heroes Park to the Donau River.	A close up of the construction plans for Budapest's new government buildings.

Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh
A bold conceptual design, a bill to the taxpayer of £500m, numerous political skirmishes and a Stirling Prize – the Scottish Parliament is certainly a building that gets noticed.	Architect Enric Miralles instilled an organic theme throughout the Scottish Parliament building.	The Scottish Parliament Building is made up of a group of buildings surrounding a central enclosed lobby, similar to a university quad or monastery cloister.
Consisting mainly of committee rooms, the four towers are adjacent to the debating chamber and fan out around the edge of the lobby.	Miralles wanted the debating chamber to be the focal point of the Scottish Parliament - a symbol of cooperation to inspire integrated government.

Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Scottish Parliament Buildings are located in Edinburgh, Scotland.	Layout map of buildings within the assembly complex.	Computer generated impression of the debating chamber.
The MSP walkway - from the MSP building to the debating chamber.	Impression of the public foyer.	Public entrance to main building.
West elevation of the MSP building.	An MSP office.	A window seat in a MSP office.
A committee room in one of the tower buildings.	The new Canongate building showing the cantilever design.

Stata Center, Massachusetts
The Stata Center is a new complex of buildings on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus.	The building houses the computer department, information and intelligence services and the department for linguistics and philosophy.	The project consists of a series of short tower blocks, which are curved and lean at unnatural angles.
The center's facilities include an auditorium, four lecture rooms, childcare facility, food court, fitness center and swimming pool.	The new building brings the computer science department into a central facility with the electrical engineering and artificial intelligence departments.	Gates Building elevation.
Map showing location of Stata Center in the MIT campus.	The center was funded through donations from successful alumni of MIT and other foundations.	The design makes extensive use of skylights and glass enclosed walls to increase the sense of openness and space within the center.

United States Census Bureau Headquarters,
The 1.5-million-square-foot US Census Bureau Headquarters building.	Woodland-facing façades are clad in a unique, sustainable-oak architectural sunshade.	The US Census Bureau Headquarters reception area.

US Federal Building,
The building, which was commissioned by the US General Services Administration, houses a number of government departments.	The tower adjoins a four-storey building annex which helps to define the space as a new public plaza.	A number of energy-saving elements significantly reduce overall energy consumption compared with conventional commercial office buildings in the US.
The US Federal Building is set along the northern edge of Mission and Seventh Street in an area undergoing regeneration.	About 85% of the tenants in the building enjoy sweeping views across San Francisco.

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