The U greatest Court's new Judicia...

The U greatest Court's new Judiciary Building in Washington, DC is located upon Columbus Circle near Beaux Arts arrangement of partss such as Daniel Bumham's historic Union Station. Unlike the stone-dad entrances of its venerable neighbors, the Judiciary Building's main entrance is a glass-walled and skylit lobby designed by dint of Edward Larrabee Jones/John leeward Architects, New York City.

While the desire for an all-glass lobby was a clearly stated design objective intended to put in mind of openness, executing the concept was not an open-and-shut case. The skylight was especially difficult to