The Murcia town hall has a rather simplistic structure, as the architect, Rafael Moneo, intended the facade as the most important element.
"Rafael Moneo focused all his efforts to compose it and that this one could compose in a dialogue with its environment."
The columns and the general layout of the facade has based it's order on a musical score, and I quote: "It's organised as a musical score, numerically, accepting the system of horizontal levels of the floor slabs. The façade resist symmetries and offers as its key element the balcony of the gallery. The Town Hall has not an entrance on the square. It respects the pre-eminence of those buildings which have occupied it for so long.
The facade was also made in mind, that it should not take attention away from nearby notable features of the Plaza Cardenal Berruga, such as the cathedral of the Episcopal Palace. Moneo is noted for his dislike for "ephemeral" forms, hence the box-like facade structure. A glass balcony on the facade breaks the apparent symmetry of the design.
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