1936 – City Hall, Vancouver, British Columbia
Vancouver City Hall opened December 4, 1936 and was designated a heritage building in 1976.
Vancouver City Hall opened December 4, 1936 and was designated a heritage building in 1976.
A fine example of International style of architecture was designed by City Architect Stanley Roscoe, replacing an early Richardson Romaneque building of 1890.
After the previous City Hall developed structural problems neccessitating the removal of parts of the building,
This is the fourth city hall in Toronto’s history. The first was destroyed by fire. The second was temporary.
Centennial Hall which was likely a 1967 centennial project for the city and is a multi-purpose facility offering space for concerts and meeting.
This building, designed by Michael Kopsa was a centennial project for the city. With its free-form design and textured concrete that reveals the rough-sawn Douglas fir in which the concrete was moulded,
Officially the building containing City Hall is Queen Elizabeth II Court. Costing $10.1 million, it has 16 floors and is a little over 200 feet tall.
Built in 1990 as the headquarters of the former Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, it was chosen as the new City Hall upon the amalgamation of the Region and its constituent muncipalities in 2001,
City Hall was designed by Foster and Partners, whose design brief was to create a building for the GLA (Greater London Authority) that would become a new landmark for the capital.