The Sacramento Hall of Justice, with 42,000 sf of renovated space and a 15,100 sf addition, received a 2002 Design Award from the California Preservation Foundation for excellence in design, adaptive reuse and historic preservation.

The new four-story addition was conceived as an elegant exposed steel frame and glass structure to compliment the original massive brick and terra-cotta building. The contrast of glass expanses and steel against the older masonry clearly expresses the individuality of each structure, while the new steel beams that support the glass curtain wall continue the lines of adjacent terracotta moldings, in an appropriate reference to the historic building. Smooth steel-troweled cement plaster with large punched openings, exposed steel sections and stainless steel drips characterize the new east facade. As new and old elements confront each other, a deep recess articulates the new structure and accommodates a required seismic joint.