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The 2025 Design Awards Event

We're celebrating 22 award winning projects, as well as the Trustee's Awards for Excellence and the President's Awards at the California Museum in Sacramento, near the State Capitol. This special celebration is followed by a ticketed reception with food and drinks in the outdoor courtyard of the museum.

Glenn County Courthouse

Project Lead:  Peter Birkholz, Page & Turnbull, San Francisco
Client:  Pearl Freeman, Office of Court Construction and Management, San Francisco
Lead Architect, Engineer, or Designer:  Peter Birkholz, Page & Turnbull, San Francisco

Project Affiliates:

  • Landscape Architect: Chris Pattillo, ASLA, PGA Design, Inc., Oakland
  • Contractor: David Arntz, Arntz Builders, Petaluma
  • Structural Engineer: Afshar Jalalian, SE, LEED AP, Rutherford & Chekene, San Francisco
  • MEP Engineering & Sustainability: Jillian Moritz, PE, LEED AP BD+C, WSP, San Francisco
  • Information Technology/AV/Security/Acoustics: Tyler Kelley, Teecom Design Group, San Francisco
  • Civil Engineer: David Richwood, PE, BKF, Pleasanton
  • Geotechnical & Development Studies: Richard Rodgers, PE, GE, Treadwell & Rollo | A Langan Company, San Francisco
  • Fire Protection: Jeff Maddox, PE, The Fire Consultants, Walnut Creek
  • Lighting Design: Teal Brogden, IALD, MIES, LC, Horton Lees Brogden, San Francisco
  • Sustainability: Lynn Simon, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., San francisco

Glenn County Courthouse

Glenn County Courthouse is a winner for the 2025 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation. Award recipients are selected by a jury of top professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, planning, and history, as well as renowned architecture critics and journalists. Tickets and sponsorship options are available at californiapreservation.org/programs/awards/.

About Glenn County Courthouse

The Glenn County Courthouse project includes the rehabilitation and seismic strengthening of the historic courthouse (15,800 SF; 1894), removal of several small one-story additions, and construction of a contemporary 26,000 SF addition. The project increased the number of courtrooms from one to three and includes judges’ chambers, clerical spaces, jury assembly areas, and other relevant public support spaces.

The historic two-story courthouse, built of masonry with wood floor and roof framing, was in good condition despite the removal of its cupola in the 1950s. Existing MEP systems were replaced; security was upgraded, and circulation was improved to seamlessly connect the historic and new buildings. The historic building was painted in a color scheme similar to the original, and the addition, sited behind the original building, is deferential to the historic building. Furnishings and interior finishes balance the aesthetics of the new and old.

The project achieved LEED Gold certification.

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Community Importance

Prior to completion of this capital project, the Superior Court of Glenn County operated from three facilities in two cities-the state-owned Historic Courthouse, a leased Self-Help Center facility in the city of Willows and the county-owned Orland Branch Courthouse in the city of Orland.

The centralized courthouse is more efficient, effective and secure: court operations are consolidated, security and functionality improved, operational efficiency increased, and the court’s ability to serve the public enhanced.

The State of California owned Glenn County Court hears a full complement of case types including, criminal, civil, and family law, thereby providing a full range of court service to Glenn County residents.

About CPF and the Awards

The California Preservation Awards are a statewide hallmark, showcasing the best in historic preservation. The awards ceremony includes the presentation of the Preservation Design Awards and the President’s Awards, bringing together hundreds of people each year to share and celebrate excellence in preservation.

The California Preservation Foundation (CPF), a 501c3 nonprofit, was incorporated in 1978. We now support a national network of more than 36,000 members and supporters. Click here to learn how you can become a member.