Duval County Courthouse Renderings

[CS Foltz]

Too tru Timkin! Too bad its not in place at this very time....but the location is ideal, justice could be very swift!

[Seraphs]

Given the hoopla surrounding the courthouse, I must admit it's a pretty impressive looking building from I-95.

[Keith-N-Jax]

I noticed that as well driving 95 to the I 10 split. Looks huge.

[hightowerlover]

I still wish it looked like this instead

[Captain Zissou]

I still wish it looked like this instead

Me too.

[Timkin]

What would one call the Style that the new Courthouse is being built?  I like the model above..but I do not see the statue of Peyton.

[Charles Hunter]

Timkin, I think Ock called it "an explosion in a column factory" 

[brainstormer]

^ hightower, where did that picture come from?  I love all the trees, the fountain, the roundabouts and the dome.  Pretty cool design!

[Ocklawaha]

Perhaps that's close to a "style" as I coined it from a 1929 newspaper description of The Paris Exposition of Decorative (Decadent) Arts, aka: ART DECO. A famous painting called "Nude Descending the Stairs" which was labeled "An Explosion In A Shingle Factory..."

Here she is in all of her glory, would that I owned her!

So the description does have some historical weight to it and frankly a close compairson to the painting makes it apparent that in the case of the Architect and the Artist, they both must have used the same model.

OCKLAWAHA

[tufsu1]

I still wish it looked like this instead

and what would people say when hearing this design would cost $400+ million?

[thelakelander]

To be honest, the one under construction will probably end up +$400 million when everything is said and done.

[tufsu1]

from what I understand, they are sworn to no more than $350 million including garage, land acquisition, etc...the contractor agreed to a max. limit which keeps the new building around $224m

[thelakelander]

I don't think they had the reconstruction of Monroe, Adams, Duval, Pearl and Broad Streets in those numbers.  Although, they aren't the actual structure, the streetscaping and reconstruction projects are definitely a result of the project and should be linked to the overall number.  Can anyone confirm?

[Timkin]

To be honest, the one under construction will probably end up +$400 million when everything is said and done.

Until its said and done, I doubt we will know the final price tag.  I personally bet it exceeds $400 M.

The building is "over columned" alright.  Id seriously like to know what this is supposed to be called style-wise.    I personally like the above rendering better.  Too bad we have 0 say-so

[braeburn]

The building looks nice, I guess...

It did rob me of my river view from my apartment window though!