Photos: New federal courthouse opens in Los Angeles

Floating stairways, glass panels and geometric shapes are part of the building’s design.

Retired Judge Margaret Morrow, center, and Public Buildings Regional Commissioner Daniel R. Brown of the General Services Administration celebrate the new courthouse’s opening.

Los Angeles City Hall is reflected in the windows of the new 10-story courthouse.

The courthouse’s opening was marked with a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the courtyard.

The new courthouse’s 24 courtrooms and chambers will house nearly all of the city’s federal district judges.

Federal employees and guests wait in the jury assembly room.

Light streams through the windows of the new building. It replaces an outdated courthouse a few blocks away.

A security guard watches the activities during the courthouse’s opening.

Sunlight streams through a skylight above the 10th floor of the new courthouse.