Two Police Headquarters Earn National AIA Recognition

Two police headquarters facilities designed by Dewberry have been selected as Publication Award recipients by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Justice (AAJ) jury for 2014. The projects, the Alexandria Police headquarters in Virginia and the Hanover Park Police headquarters in Illinois, will be included in the next AAJ Justice Facilities Review and will be exhibited at the 2014 AAJ Fall Conference and the 2015 AIA National Convention.

Both projects are now multiple design award-winners. The Alexandria Police headquarters, a LEED®-Gold facility that accommodates 500 law enforcement and emergency communications personnel, was recognized with Environmental Design + Construction magazine’s Excellence in Design Award in 2012. The three-story headquarters, designed by Dewberry in association with HDR, enabled the city to consolidate operations from three buildings into a centralized location with a new emergency communications center that serves both the police and fire departments.

The Hanover Park Police headquarters was cited as the “Best New Government/Public Building” in the Midwest, according to Engineering News-Record magazine. The facility also received the Excellence in Architecture Award for Distinguished Buildings from the AIA’s Northeast Illinois chapter, a Public Works Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association, and a Silver Medal for Design from the Association of Licensed Architects. The 63,000-square-foot headquarters features an efficient “police triangle” layout that places patrol, detention, and evidence processing in proximity to streamline operations and enhance security. The building was also designed to welcome the community and host local meetings.

Selection for the AIA-AAJ Publication Award reflects “a commitment to excellence in design” and is based on extensive documentation intended to further the quality of justice facility architecture nationwide.