Designed and delivered under the Governments “Develop, Design and Construct form of Contract. Bournemouth Combined Courts was the first new court building in the UK to incorporate natural ventilation and cooling, developed following studies undertaken with Cambridge Architectural Research Ltd. It acted as an exemplar Civic building in following the key principles of sustainable design, demonstrating the use of natural ventilation to deep plan buildings.
Recognition of the success of the scheme was gained in 1996 when it was one of the first projects in the country to achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.
It consists of 5 Crown and 1 Civil Courtrooms, a Child Case Court Room, District Judges Suites and associated ancillary accommodation.
The building marks the move away from the largely inward facing buildings court buildings and is less formal in appearance. Napper delivered the design from RIBA stage C to completion.
