The outward design of the new United States Courthouse emanates from a search for a form that is strong, iconic, transparent, and metaphorically egalitarian as a symbol of the American judiciary system. The resulting cubic mass of the new courthouse, like the monumental buttes of southern Utah, is just such a recognizable and primary form, projecting grounded dignity and immovable order while presenting an equal face to all sides. At the same time, this form stands respectfully aside the existing Frank E. Moss Courthouse with its own iconic presence and authority. The building’s transparent and encompassing glass and aluminum facade exposes the life and operations of the courthouse to the city while providing expansive views of the magnificent Wasatch Range. A quilt-work layer of exterior, aluminum sun screens tempers this transparency with a variable, protective veil that changes with the solar orientation and the interior use. Vertical fluting of these elements refers subtly to the classical orders associated with the Moss Courthouse and the tradition of the broader federal judiciary. The building’s interior planning celebrates daylight as an intrinsic quality of both public and individual space. In the building core, a sky-lit atrium brings natural daylight to the centrally located, public lobbies. Courtrooms are located at the building’s four corners, allowing filtered daylight to permeate the rooms, lending a warm character that illuminates the proceedings within. Though modern in its materials and construction, the building design is classical in its simple and holistic approach.