Boston -- Built in 1922 the West Roxbury District Court House is located forward the city's Arborway.

Boston -- Built in 1922 the West Roxbury District Court House is located forward the city's Arborway, the terminus of Frederick Law Olmstead's famed Emerald Necklace. Designed in a classic grecian Revival style and listed forward the National Register of Historic Places, the court house not absented peculiar challenges to the architects charged with its renovation.

First, the court house is locate on a small, triangular urban draught and there were strong community sentiments about its parking, lighting and exterior appearance.

inferior a major addition was necessary, united that had to be sited forward a tight spot of land without overwhelming or detracting from the original court house.

Third, the interior had to be redesigned to improve circulation be derived and building security without affecting the facility's sum of two units original court rooms, which were being restored.

"We were dealing with a extremely strong neighborhood association," says David Manfredi, whose firm, Boston-based