Internally the courts are designed to provide formality without intimidation, and rich colours from a continuous spectrum range are used to give presence and individual identity to the courts. In the public and waiting areas complementary colours are used with comfortable furniture to reduce tension and anxiety. The neo-classical language of much of the building allows the use of detail and colour to articulate scale and detail appropriate to each space. The extent to which this building succeeds in fulfilling its brief and in meeting the needs of the Court will become evident with the passage of time. The extent to which it provides a place which gives meaning and significance to the lives of those who use it will be a longer term matter.
Photographs courtesy of the architect.