Boston -- Built in 1922 the West Ro...

Boston -- Built in 1922 the West Roxbury District Court House is located forward the city's Arborway, the terminus of Frederick Law Olmstead's famed Emerald Necklace. Designed in a classic grecian Revival style and listed in succession the National Register of Historic Places, the court house neared peculiar challenges to the architects charged with its renovation.

First, the court house is establish on a small, triangular urban outline and there were strong community sentiments about its parking, lighting and exterior appearance.

next to the first a major addition was necessary, individual that had to be sited forward a tight spot of land without overwhelming or detracting from the original court house.

Third, the interior had to be redesigned to improve circulation proceed and building security without affecting the facility's pair original court rooms, which were being restored.

"We were dealing with a excessively strong neighborhood association," says David Manfredi, whose firm, Boston-based