Natural justice

By Robert Such 2000-05-01T00:00:00

Christian de Portzamparc's Palais de Justice de Grasse is squeezed on to a difficult site among the dramatic hillsides and Italianate architecture of the French Riviera. Yet its fortress-like architecture has not given in to the all-pervasive Classical pastiche of the area.

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