The RSA Judicial Building, also known as RSA Dexter Avenue Building, is office high-rise in

Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...

owned by

Retirement Systems of Alabama Retirement Systems of Alabama is the administrator of the pension fund for employees of the state of Alabama. It is headquartered in the state capital Montgomery, Alabama. David G. Bronner is the chief executive officer. Under Bronner's leader ...

(RSA) completed in 2011. Built on the grounds of the former home of the

Alabama Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Each justice is elected in partisan elections for staggered six-year terms. The Supreme Court is house ...

its incorporates the 1926 three-story courthouse complex called the Judicial Building within its glass atrium..

Alabama Supreme Court building

The earlier building was built in 1926 as the Scottish Rite Temple with an Egyptian motif. It was sold to the state in 1932 and became home to the

and the Alabama' appellate courts and was called the Judicial Building. It was remodeled in 1938 in a

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project when the exterior was stripped and modernized. It was vacated and fell into disuse after the court system relocated to the newly-built

Alabama Judicial Building Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building, commonly called the Alabama Judicial Building, is a state government building in Montgomery, Alabama. It houses several state judicial agencies, most notably the Supreme Court of Alabama, Alabama Court of Civil A ...

circa 1994.

RSA building

The

(RSA) project for a new building began in 2007. Its design and location were a source of controversy for its height, the preservation of the courthouse and the effect it have of streetscape and views of the

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. While Montgomery's city planning code prohibits structures along Dexter Avenue taller than six stories, state buildings are exempt from the regulation. The RSA building is 12 stories, tall and is clad in glass curtain wall facade. While the is exterior steps were removed, a fully restored historic Alabama Supreme Court Building was incorporated into the new structure is highlighted in glass atrium. Inside the atrium is an "honor court" with statues of the Alabama Supreme Court chief justices who served in the older building. The building also houses a datacenter for the region.

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