The Santa Clara City Hall was designed to harmonize with and complement the pioneer heritage of Santa Clara City.  The city has a distinctive “Swiss Heritage”, therefore the area above the front entry is designed to receive a “Swiss glockenspiel”.  The project budget could not support a natural sandstone veneer, therefore a special concrete block design was developed. The sandstone colored block has been “pitched” by county jail inmates and closely approximates the feel and look of the region’s pioneer buildings. Program spaces include courtroom and city council chambers, judges’ chambers, city police offices with holding, interview and booking rooms, evidence storage and lab space, weapons storage, witness interview rooms and administrative offices.