Seattle Justice Center

{{short description|Government office building and courthouse in Seattle, Washington, US}}

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| status = Completed

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| address = 600 5th Avenue
Seattle, Washington, U.S.

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| groundbreaking_date = July 19, 2000

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| cost = $92 million

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The Seattle Justice Center is a 13-story government office building in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is located at 600 5th Avenue in the city's civic center complex and houses the Municipal Court of Seattle and the headquarters of the Seattle Police Department.{{cite web |title=City Center |url=https://www.seattle.gov/civic-center |publisher=Seattle Department of Finance and Administrative Services |accessdate=July 5, 2019}} The building was completed in 2002 at a cost of approximately $92 million, taking two years to construct.{{cite news |last=Shors |first=Benjamin |date=July 19, 2000 |title=Justice Center groundbreaking set today; expected cost: $92 million |page=B3 |work=The Seattle Times}} NBBJ was the architect,{{cite news |last1=Mudede |first1=Charles |authorlink1=Charles Mudede |last2=Savage |first2=Dan |authorlink2=Dan Savage |date=November 22, 2007 |title=Constructing Christmas |url=https://www.thestranger.com/seattle/constructing-christmas/Content?oid=445280 |work=The Stranger |accessdate=July 5, 2019}} and Hoffman Construction was the general contractor.

The Municipal Court occupies the lower three floors and floors eight through twelve, while the police department has offices in the rest of the building.{{cite news |date=November 7, 2002 |title=New justice center |page=B2 |work=The Seattle Times}} It replaced the Public Safety Building, which was demolished in 2005. The facility was built to the city's green design standards, including a green roof,{{cite news |last=Sherman |first=Kris |date=November 10, 2002 |title=Green by Design |page=A1 |work=The News Tribune}} but as of 2010, "struggled to take hold, plagued to different degrees by weeds, a lack of summer irrigation, and the need for repeated replanting".{{cite news |last=Stiffler |first=Lisa |date=September 22, 2010 |title=City of Seattle wants more eco-friendly 'green roofs' |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/City-of-Seattle-wants-more-eco-friendly-green-900124.php |work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |accessdate=July 5, 2019}} Other environmentally friendly features include a façade providing ventilation to the building, and a water retention system.

The Justice Center is connected to the adjacent City Hall by an underground waterway, which forms an artificial waterfall in the western plaza.{{cite news |last=Deneau Dunham |first=Sandy |date=September 7, 2017 |title=There's more to Seattle architecture than meets the eye |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/theres-more-to-our-architecture-than-meets-the-eye/ |work=The Seattle Times |accessdate=July 5, 2019}}