Designed to consolidate municipal services, the facility houses the city’s police headquarters, central fire station, the city jail, and municipal courts. The design, inspired by the Wichita Mountains rolling into plains, extends the city’s municipal and cultural presence from downtown to the Northeast Gateway and addresses the significant operational, security, and space deficiencies the city was experiencing in its previous undersized and disparate locations.

“The ribbon-cutting ceremony was an exciting milestone for this project,” says Dewberry Principal and Business Unit Manager Bruce Henley, AIA. “We are proud to have been an integral part of designing a facility that consolidates resources and improves the necessary facilities for this community and its first responders.”

The new facility extends the existing cultural and civic presence downtown and has been designed with public access, parking, and bike trails.

Dewberry provided architecture as well as structural and civil engineering and low voltage design services, including security electronics, telecommunications, and audio-visual systems.