Civil Justice Centre
Manchester, UK

HEIGHT: 85m
FLOORS: 15 floors
COMPLETION: 2007
ARCHITECT: Denton Corker Marshal


the Manchester Civil Justice Centre was comisioned in 2002 as a way to consolidate and expand the local civil justice services. A design competion was held and it was won by the Australian architects: Denton Corker Marshal.

Their vision for the building was one to provide transparent justice. the result is the largest court complex in the UK outside of London, contianing 47 courtrooms, it is truly an iconinc building.

sat on a narrow north to south site, the building conserves land by being tall and slender. the different sized courtooms are accomodated in distict layers which are not all the same legnth.
the building has been open for a number of months and has been praised by the legal profession as being a great building to work in. it has also has been praised for the large number of environmental features that it employs.

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/Pictures/web/s/i/a/7177_244_ready.jpg

http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/1110_1_1000%20DCM%20Civil%201.jpg

http://www.propertyweek.com/Pictures/web/p/p/u/45_pxx_CivilJustice_009.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/212/458110612_89015fe675_b.jpg

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e321/carlf/Manchester/IMG_5737.jpg

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u180/markydeedroppics/City%20Centre%202008/089.jpg

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/14788-1/Civil+Justice+Centre+Spinningfields+ba05220a.jpg

the thread on the SSC Manchester forum
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=487655

Really like this, although I think the glass on the side could have went further up the building so theres less of a 'silver wall'. All in all its very interesting. 8.5

Unique! I love it:) 10/10!

cool, 8/10

great 9/10

cool, 8/10

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9/10!! very nice!

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10/10 but it's not a skyscraper :ohno:.

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wow cool building, great piece of art

5/10 ok but it looks a bit freaky looking

7/10. I`ve seen such a building before: Take a look at the Nord Landesbank in Hanover, Germany! It`s not the same architect, I guess? :ohno:

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9/10 Really nice!

9/10 nice, modern, good cladding. :)

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9. Very good building. Regards.

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10/10 :)

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I'm not a big fan of progressive architecture, but I've got to admit, this one turned out quite nice. 8.5/10

Dont like it 5/10

love it a lot 10/10

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