Union County Juvenile Detention Center
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Union County Juvenile Detention Center, Linden, NJ by RicciGreene Associates. Photo by Mikiko Kikuyama.
Project Info
- Location
- Linden, NJ
- Completion Year
- 2008
- Architect
- Ricci Greene Associates, New York, NY
- Installer
- Clifton Architectural Glass and Mirror, Clifton, NJ
Project Description
Described as “optimism that belies the building type,” the 72,000 sq. ft. Center transcends correctional facility stereotypes. The spacious building promotes a sense of connection with the outside. Only one-room deep at any given point, the building wraps around a large outdoor courtyard, optimizing daylight and connectivity. Interior housing units incorporate a raked roof, creating a vertical window-wall of channel glass, almost 16’ above the ground. The glass is free of mullions and allows abundant year-round daylight, while shielding interiors from the hot summer sun. The project features our 504 Rough Cast channel glass with a thermal interlayer, installed in our SF-60 frames.
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Awards & Recognitions
- World Architecture News (WAN) Effectiveness Award, 2011
- AIANYS Design Award, Institutional – Citation for Design, 2011
- AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice – Citation, 2009
- New Jersey AIA Merit Award, 2008
