The first in a series of slideshows of images from famed architectural photography house Esto, here is a brief look at criminal justice architecture in the 21st century. All federal buildings and U.S. courthouses, these structures—by Richard Meier & Partners, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, and Morphosis, among others—manage to convey the weight and import of the proceedings within while clad in sleek the modern materials vocabulary of concrete, glass, and stone.
