It also contains a single-story auditorium, a pyramid-shaped cafeteria and a cylindrical, six-story reception hall, as well as office buildings.
[1] The government center is organized around a multifunctional County courtyard and shaded pedestrian spine.
Aligned radially with the columns are three rows of trees framing a sloped lawn amphitheater.
The site where the Government Center was built had previously been used by the Union Pacific railroad as a maintenance hub.
Workers involved with the lawsuit claimed that black soot, particularly in the basement level, was prevalent, and that they experienced illnesses while working.