ing floor of the banqueting hall above it. Natural light penetrates deep into these two units of the com- plex, giving spatial effects that lend natural dignity to the civic centre. At night the interior of both units is brilliantly lit by chandeliers, allow- ing the eye to explore the building and its activities from outside.
Visitors to both ballroom and ban queting hall have magnificent clear views, as from a ship, of the bar- bour and its busy shipping.
The other striking element in the mass design is the tall block rising eleven floors and, at the moment, dominating the water front. Later
The colonnade and high level walk- way seen by night terminating with the High Block. Note how the pattern of the staircase is brought out by the illumination,
The courtyard enclosed by the concrete grille of the Concert Hall Block, the covered area in front of the secondary entrance, and the City Hall car park on the right. The textured paving is formed of 4x 4" x 3" concrete blocks with precast concrete tree rings recessed in.