Boston City Hall

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Brutalist architecture city hall government building landmark

Boston City Hall is a prominent example of Brutalist civic architecture in downtown Boston that houses the city’s municipal government offices and council chambers.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Boston City Council Chamber 1
Boston City Council chambers 1
Boston City Hall Annex (former)} 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Brutalist architecture ⓘ
city hall ⓘ
government building ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
architect Edward Knowles ⓘ
Gerhard Kallmann ⓘ
Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles ⓘ
Michael McKinnell ⓘ
architecturalFeature cantilevered upper stories ⓘ
deeply recessed windows ⓘ
exposed concrete structure ⓘ
monumental exterior stairways ⓘ
architecturalStyle Brutalism ⓘ
awardReceived American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture ⓘ
surface form: American Institute of Architects Honor Award
category Brutalist buildings in Massachusetts ⓘ
Buildings and structures in Boston ⓘ
Government buildings completed in 1968 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1963 ⓘ
coordinates 42.3603°N 71.0583°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
district Downtown Boston ⓘ
function seat of municipal government of Boston ⓘ
hasPart Boston City Hall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Boston City Council Chamber

City Hall Plaza ⓘ
surface form: City Hall Plaza steps

Mayor’s Office Suite ⓘ
elevated concrete terraces ⓘ
public lobby ⓘ
heritageStatus Boston Landmark ⓘ
surface form: Boston Landmark (local designation)
houses Boston City Hall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Boston City Council chambers

offices of the Mayor of Boston ⓘ
various Boston municipal departments ⓘ
inception 1968 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: City of Boston
location Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Massachusetts ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
glass ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ
nearby Boston Common ⓘ
Faneuil Hall ⓘ
neighborhood Government Center, Boston ⓘ
surface form: Government Center
openingDate 1968 ⓘ
owner Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: City of Boston
partOf Boston City Hall and Plaza urban renewal project ⓘ
publicTransitAccess Government Center station ⓘ
replaces Boston City Hall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Old Boston City Hall
situatedOn City Hall Plaza ⓘ
use city council meetings ⓘ
civic administration ⓘ
public hearings ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government Center station → hasConnection → Boston City Hall ⓘ
Government Center, Boston → hasLandmark → Boston City Hall ⓘ
Government Center, Boston → hasLandmark → Boston City Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston City Hall Annex (former)}
Brutalism → hasNotableExample → Boston City Hall ⓘ
Boston City Hall → hasPart → Boston City Hall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston City Council Chamber
Boston City Hall → houses → Boston City Hall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boston City Council chambers
Boston City Council → meetsAt → Boston City Hall ⓘ
Faneuil Hall → near → Boston City Hall ⓘ
Pemberton Square, Boston → near → Boston City Hall ⓘ
Pemberton Square → nearby → Boston City Hall ⓘ
Quincy Market → nearby → Boston City Hall ⓘ
State station → nearbyLandmark → Boston City Hall ⓘ
Boston City Hall → replaces → Boston City Hall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Boston City Hall