They're all the same, a red brick box with change-a-roof.

the cheapest one, quit wasting my money!

Which one has a Jimmy John's inside?

Why the corner entrance? It makes it look like a drug store. None of these designs "flow" right with the neighborhood. It almost feels like it demands an approach from the campus vs downtown.

Why ignore all of the elements of the buildings a block away? At least use matching brick tones. Make it feel like it has been part of the neighborhood all along.

Back to the drawing board in my opinion.

Possibly to help save on money of an architecht...the city could reach out to KSU's world renowned Architecture program to create a building plan to use. This would show unity and be cost effective, even if I don't agree with the site that the Courthouse is going to be constructed on.

I agree with Sarah... make it look like it fits in. And she's right... it DOES look like a drug store ! lol

@ Logan, good point.

All awful. Can we get one stinkin' building in town that at least looks like it's from the 20th century (let alone the 21st)? This one's almost as bad as the Free Library in terms of lack of character. Fitting in and contemporary are not mutually exclusive terms.

I don't get the corner entrance either. It would make sense it if was actually on a street corner, but it's not..

doesn't matter what we think, bad taste rules in kent!

As a graduate of the previously mentioned Kent State Architecture program, I find that while this design is a bit clumsy, with a little work, it can be saved.
I have to admit that it’s been a while since I’ve been in Kent so I can’t really comment on whether this building is a good neighbor or not. However, I do tend to agree that the corner entry tends to make it feel like a Walgreens and is a little odd for a mid-block site.
The three “options” as they are illustrated are each not very well resolved. The ones with the pitched roofs appear to be just slapped on top of a building to satisfy someone’s (the client perhaps) desire to see it with something other than a flat roof. I don’t think the Architect’s heart was in that effort, but frankly I don’t think a pitched roof is necessary. They certainly didn’t resolve how the pitched roof meets the back of the curved entrance. The third option is a disaster because the gable and curved façade don’t work together at all.
The brick entablature (the part sitting on the columns) is much too heavy looking & too tall to be supported by those columns. This could be resolved by refining these pieces and studying their relationships (the entablature shouldn’t stick out past the columns like that). I feel that if you’re gonna do a classical building, you really should do it right.

We had a chance to build a contemporary library and our library board gave us a cold sterile building with a clock tower and I have a feeling the building probably costs a fortune to maintain. We now have a chance to build a new courthouse and look what we'll end up with, a cold sterile building that looks like a Walgreen's. This building is from the Albert Speer school of architecture.

These are all absolutely hideous designs. Go back to the drawing board and create something noble, dignified and classical in design that is befitting of a courthouse. No more ugly cookie cutter boxes like what we are stuck with like that dreadful thing in Ravenna. This looks like a Walgreen's Drug Store design. The building design should fit in seamlessly with the beautiful historic homes that will be its neighbors along East Main Street. This hardly fits that bill. Not even close.

The city and county will do what ever they want anyway--but they will be in for an expense when they realize the sewage will need to be replaced as the Inn had a terrbile time with it and the owner would never have it replaced,