U.S. General Services Administration
Design Excellence Program Library
GSA's Design Excellence Program produces award-winning videos, publications, and monographs.
Design Excellence Video Playlist
Watch our videos to see the social and economic benefits that thoughtful public buildings can deliver to local communities. View recordings of events and videos explaining how Design Excellence procedures are applied to individual projects and how federal buildings deliver benefits to local communities, among other subjects.
Design Excellence Monograph Library
Our monographs highlight courthouses, land ports of entry, and other significant federal workplaces commissioned through GSA’s Design Excellence Program. GSA’s clients and collaborators as well as the public can view each building’s accomplishments in architecture, art, construction, and engineering.
- United States Land Port of Entry, Columbus, NM (2021) [PDF - 8 MB]
- Federal Office Building, San Francisco, CA (2020) [PDF - 5 MB]
- United States Land Port of Entry, San Ysidro, CA (2019) [PDF - 6 MB]
- Mariposa Land Port of Entry, Nogales, AZ (2019) [PDF - 5 MB]
- U.S. Courthouse, Los Angeles, CA (2018) [PDF - 1 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Cedar Rapids, IA (2017) [PDF - 2 MB]
- Edith Green Wendell Wyatt Federal Building, Portland, OR (2017) [PDF - 1 MB]
- Salt Lake City United States Courthouse Annex, Salt Lake City, UT (2016) [PDF - 1 MB]
- Armendariz, St. Courthouse, El Paso, TX and U.S. Courthouse, Las Cruces, NM (2013) [PDF - 8 MB]
- United States Mission to the United Nations, New York NY (2013) [PDF - 2 MB]
- Christopher S. Bond U.S. Courthouse, Jefferson City, MO (2013) [PDF - 1 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Buffalo, NY (2012) [PDF - 1 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Jackson, MS (2011) [PDF - 1 MB]
- United States Land Port of Entry, Warroad, MN (2011) [PDF - 3 MB]
- United States Land Port of Entry, Calais, ME (2011) [PDF - 2 MB]
- United States Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, MD (2008) [PDF - 1 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Springfield, MA (2008) [PDF - 3 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Richmond, VA (2008) [PDF - 2 MB]
- Richard Sheppard Arnold United States Courthouse and Annex, Little Rock, AR (2007) [PDF - 2 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Orlando, FL (2007) [PDF - 1 MB]
- San Francisco Federal Building, San Francisco, CA (2007) [PDF - 3 MB]
- Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. United States Courthouse, Miami, FL (2007) [PDF - 2 MB]
- Wayne Lyman Morse United States Courthouse, Eugene, OR (2007) [PDF - 2 MB]
- William B. Bryant United States Courthouse Annex, Washington DC (2006) [PDF - 6 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Brooklyn, NY (2006) [PDF - 4 MB]
- Northern United States Border Stations (2006) [PDF - 4 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Wheeling, WV (2005) [PDF - 3 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Fresno, CA (2005) [PDF - 3 MB]
- Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse, Denver, CO (2005) [PDF - 2 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Gulfport, MS (2005) [PDF - 2 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Erie, PA (2004) [PDF - 4 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Seattle, WA (2004) [PDF - 1 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Hammond, IN (2004) [PDF - 2 MB]
- Oklahoma City Federal Building, Oklahoma City, OK (2004) [PDF - 6 MB]
- Roman Hruska United States Courthouse, Omaha, NE (2004) [PDF - 1 MB]
- Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse, Cleveland, OH (2003) [PDF - 1 MB]
- John Joseph Moakley Courthouse and Harborpark, Boston, MA (2003) [PDF - 1 MB]
- Federal Building United States Courthouse, Youngstown, OH (2002) [PDF - 2 MB]
- United States Courthouse, Montgomery, AL (2002) [PDF - 4 MB]
- Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Beckley, WV (2002) [PDF - 4 MB]
- A Model of Excellence, The New Federal Building, San Francisco, CA (2001) [PDF - 3 MB]
- United States Courthouse and Federal Building, Central Islip, NY (2001) [PDF - 4 MB]
- Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse, Charleston, WV (2001) [PDF - 2 MB]
- Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD (2001) [PDF - 1 MB]
- Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse, St. Louis, MO (2001) [PDF - 3 MB]
- Lloyd D. George United States Courthouse, Las Vegas, NV (2000) [PDF - 4 MB]
- Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse, Phoenix, AZ (2000) [PDF - 4 MB]
Vision + Voice publications
In our Vision + Voice series, we interview leaders in private industry about GSA's commitment to preserving and creating public landmarks.
Vision + Voice Volume 4 focuses on the role of sustainability in federal buildings, surveying both the history and next generation of green design and construction.
- Vision + Voice 4: Introduction [PDF - 57 KB]
- Chapter 1: Historic Perspectives [PDF - 10 MB]
- Chapter 2: Defining Sustainability Expansively [PDF - 7 MB]
- Chapter 3: Achievement Through Integrated Design [PDF - 9 MB]
- Chapter 4: Land Port of Entry and Sustainability [PDF - 5 MB]
Previous installments:
- Vision + Voice: Volume 1 (2000) [PDF - 555 KB]
- Vision + Voice: Volume 2 (2004) [PDF - 805 KB]
- Vision + Voice: Volume 3 (2004) [PDF - 1 MB]
- Vision + Voice: Volume 4 (2015) [PDF - 1 MB]
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