Williamsburg, VA
Parallax was one of four national finalists in this competition for a new Courthouse for historic Williamsburg. The firm’s design proposed an elegant brick building with a dramatic two-story arrival space at its center. Here, curtains of translucent alabaster are suspended within a skylit rotunda to create a powerful expression of the court’s noble purpose. To access courtrooms, visitors proceed through this space into broad hallways overlooking open lawns and gardens.