U.S. Courthouse for the District of Utah

The U.S. Courthouse for the District of Utah in Salt Lake City is a federal courthouse located at 351 South West Temple Street in downtown Salt Lake City, on the corner of 400 South and West Temple. It is located behind the Frank E. Moss United States Courthouse. The building houses the United States District Court for the District of Utah. It opened in April 2014.

The courthouse was designed by Thomas Phifer of the Thomas Phifer & Partners architectural firm in New York. While the courthouse is unnamed, locals have nicknamed it the Borg Cube after the Borg, the villainous alien race in Star Trek. The building's nickname was a reference to its cubical profile (the Borgs of Star Trek used cubical spaceships) and "austere aesthetic."

The courthouse project took twenty years to secure funding and property before groundbreaking took place in January 2011. Design for a new courthouse began as early as 1997, but security updates were added after the September 11 attacks in 2010, and Congress only appropriating funding in 2010. The total cost of the project was around $186 million; this is less than the original budget request of $211 million or $226 million. Ultimately, the funding delay allowed the courthouse to be built for less, because construction and material costs were lower during the Great Recession.

Of the total cost, some $7.5 million was to purchase the Port O' Call bar. Some $6.7 million was to move the historic three-story Odd Fellows Hall hall to Market Street. Federal authorities worked for months with preservationists to secure the hall's transfer. Other buildings, including an old gas station, had to be razed for that the courthouse could get its required security perimeter. The project made extensive use of recycled materials and landfill diversion; as the project neared completion, builders reported 86 percent waste diversion.

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