One Judiciary Square

One Judiciary Square
General information
Type	Office
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Completed	1990
Height
Roof	129.67 feet (39.52 m)
Technical details
Floor count	10
Design and construction
Architect	Vlastimil Koubek & Associates

One Judiciary Square is a highrise office building at 401 Fourth Street NW in the Judiciary Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C.^[1] Designed by architect Vlastimil Koubek, the building is 129.67 feet (39.52 m) tall and has approximately 10 floors. Its construction ended in 1990.^[2]

Between 1992 and 1999, One Judiciary Square housed the offices of the mayor and Council of the District of Columbia while repairs were made to the historic John A. Wilson Building.^[3] One Judiciary Square now houses the offices of prominent municipal government agencies such as the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics, the Office of the D.C. Attorney General, and the D.C. Office of Zoning. In August 2009, it was one of the first government buildings in Washington to be fitted with a green roof.^[4] In addition, the city completed a $7.5 million renovation in September 2011 to improve the building's energy efficiency.^[5] The entrance to One Judiciary Square features statues of Pierre L'Enfant and Frederick Douglass that were commissioned for inclusion in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol. However, the District of Columbia is not a state and therefore the statues have not been admitted to the collection.^[6]

References

1. ^ "One Judiciary Square". Skyscraperpage.com. http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=79435. Retrieved November 2, 2011. 
2. ^ "One Judiciary Square". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/building/one-judiciary-square-washington-dc-usa. Retrieved November 2, 2011. 
3. ^ Williams, Vanessa (November 11, 1999). "D.C. Government Reclaims City Hall". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/11/096r-111199-idx.html. Retrieved November 2, 2011. 
4. ^ "Green Roof: One Judiciary Square". National Building Museum. http://www.nbm.org/media/video/green-roofs/green-roof-one-judiciary.html. Retrieved November 2, 2011. 
5. ^ Gould, Jessica (September 30, 2011). "D.C. Government Building Goes Green". WAMU. http://wamu.org/news/morning_edition/11/09/30/dc_government_building_goes_green. Retrieved November 2, 2011. 
6. ^ Kelly, John (September 10, 2009). "L'Enfant and Douglass Statues Are Monuments to D.C.'s Political Invisibility". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/09/AR2009090902456.html. Retrieved November 3, 2011.