Prison architecture

Local Architecture Network's minimum security prison in Nanterre has a perforated metal facade and a sports court in pastel hues.

Denmark's maximum-security Storstrøm Prison has been designed to gradually transition prisoners back into the outside world through socialization.

_landscape’s landmark_The form of the building is inspired by the territorial geomorphology.In the landscape, we recognize visual landmark modelled over time through the action of atmospheric agent. Rain, wind, the alternation of seasons modify the mountains’ shape and allow the...

Shreya's analysis on the "character" of spaces and Prison Architecture during Renaissance and Revolutionary periods. Designs by Ledoux, Filarete & Piranesi

Image 21 of 27 from gallery of Female Prison / OOIIO Architecture. diagram 12

Cyber crime is allowed thanks to the loss of identity that the virtual allows. Incarceration often rhymes with loss of identity. The prisoner becomes a number lost in the mass. How to re-invent incarceration to see it adapt to new crimes and a society in change?

Image 2 of 21 from gallery of Schmidt Hammer Lassen and BOGL to Transform a Former Prison Site in Denmark. Courtesy of Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects+BOGL

Danish architects CF Møller have won a competition to build a new state prison on the island of Falster in Denmark. Laid out like a small village, the proposal will integrate various work and leisure facilities alongside green spaces, all linked by a network of streets with a six metre perimeter wall enclosing the prison. Administration buildings, a

A new model for normalizing prison design.

Why prisons are turning Victorian