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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Palm Springs, California, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1952-1957 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorClark, Frey and Chambersen_US
dc.creatorWilliams, E. Stewarten_US
dc.date1952-1957en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-23T16:25:24Z
dc.date.available2014-12-23T16:25:24Z
dc.date.issued1952-1957en_US
dc.identifier254836en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3117en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/170475
dc.descriptionDetail, 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)en_US
dc.format.mediumsteel; glass; concrete block; aluminumen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectCity planningen_US
dc.subjectcity governmenten_US
dc.subjectDesert Modernismen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectMid-Century Modernisten_US
dc.titlePalm Springs City Hallen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-US-SP-CH-G02en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypecity hallen_US
dc.contributor.displayClark, Frey and Chambers (American architectural firm, 1946-1956); E. Stewart Williams (American architect, 1909-2005)en_US


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