Dome

Detail, covered walkway between wings of the building at the rear; The partnership of John Porter Clark, Albert Frey and Robson C. Chambers dissolved at the end of 1956; the firm was renamed Frey and Chambers. Frey was the principal architect on this project. The building is made of concrete block. Tubular aluminum bris-soleil offers shade, while allowing a view. In front of the City Council Chamber is a large disk, on which is emblazoned "The People are the City." Frey deliberately created a separate volume for the Council Chamber, which is also higher than the rest of the building. The perimeter exterior walls are stepped to improve acoustics and to bring in north light. To the west, at the main entrance, is a cutout in the overhang of the same diameter as the disk, yielding a symmetry to the massing. Source: Rosa, Joseph; Albert Frey, Architect, Princeton, NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999 (1568982054) (accessed 7/24/2014)