Led by a diverse group composed of Kenneth Ricci, FAIA, President, and Frank Greene, FAIA, Rob Fisch, AICP, and April Pottorff, Principals, RCD accessArchitecture participants RicciGreene Associates have built a successful and widely recognized practice focusing on programming, planning and design for courthouses, urban detention, and justice facilities throughout the country. Founded in 1988, the firm has three offices, located in New York, Providence, RI, and Lexington, KY, including a full-service staff comprised of architects, planners, interior designers and technical support personnel with recognized expertise in the field of justice planning and design.

Through the years, Mr. Greene and Mr. Ricci have also been active lecturers and have authored a number of articles and books related to the study and practice of justice facility design, with an emphasis on the emerging discipline of Sustainable Justice. Together they founded and chaired the AIA NY Chapter Committee on Architecture for Justice and Mr. Greene serves on the Advisory Group of the AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice. Mr. Ricci is a lecturer at AIA conferences, as well as for the National Institute of Corrections. Ms. Pottorff is the chair of the 2009 AIA AAJ Conference, Beyond the Horizon, the Next Generation of Justice.

Most recently, RicciGreene Associates won a Merit Award from the New Jersey AIA for their design of the Union County Juvenile Detention Center, in Linden, NJ. The building includes a 16-bed housing unit, with dining room, classrooms and administration, utilizing glass-walled corridors to achieve security while allowing daylight to penetrate the facility. The AIA jury noted that the design demonstrates an “optimism that belies the building typology.” The RicciGreene design was selected for the 2009 Justice Facility Review of the AIA AAJ, and was awarded a Citation for Design Excellence.

To visit RicciGreene Associates, Click here