Eugene Courthouse

Yep, that is a courthouse. Didn't believe me at first did you? Better yet, it is a United States District Courthouse, not just a county courthouse. I bet you thought it was a convention hall or modern art museum. Nope, this is the place where our country determines wrong from right.

I see that confused look on your face, and I completely understand. After all, you wouldn't deposit your hard earned paycheck with some guy in a cardboard tent; your looking for something more substantial, timeless and honest.

Does it help you to know that the form of the building is derived from a fluid expression of law? Yeah, I didn't think so.

But, it is an amazing sculpture to photograph, and that's about it.

Note to "starchitect" Thom Mayne: I'm not jealous, (well, maybe a little) but please stop being different just because you can and actually consider the site and place as part of the design. Oh, I do hear that the interior is actually quite well organized, but I don't want to find out for myself.

All Images Copyright Andrew Browning Photography 2010