St. Cloud Police Headquarters

Location: St. Cloud, MN
Total Square Footage: 110,000 sq ft
Construction Cost: $27 Million
Completion Date: 2010

The brief for the St. Could Police Headquarters outlined the design of a significant work of public architecture incorporating a contemporary working environment and state of the art operations to meet staff and community expectations. The design vision was to create a meaningful building responding to its context, addressing the sites serious constraints and recognizing its important position as a gateway between major districts within the city.
The building incorporates, a fully functioning police headquarters combining administration, investigations, patrol, training, and community meeting space, evidence and forensics labs, and underground parking for 250 vehicles within a multi-story building. The site exists on the edge of the dense commercial center of town and an established residential district. The department had previously shared space with the county sheriff for the past 20 years outgrowing significantly this space while also lacking a distinct image and identity. The department was interested in fostering a sense of openness and transparency towards the public. It was also committed to providing a rich working environment for its staff. The design embraces the challenges of the constricted site, stacking the program vertically and placing the parking underground. The subterranean parking allows the confluence of commercial and residential pedestrian patterns resulting in a significant urban plaza that marks the threshold of the two districts.
BKV Group teamed with GLTArchitects to design the City of St. Cloud’s new Police Headquarters.