City Hall

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government building landmark office building

City Hall is the distinctive glass building on the south bank of the River Thames that served as the headquarters of the Greater London Authority and the office of the Mayor of London.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
City Hall (London)	0

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building ⓘ landmark ⓘ office building ⓘ
architect	Norman Foster ⓘ
architecturalFirm	Foster + Partners ⓘ surface form: Foster and Partners
architecturalStyle	high-tech architecture ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures on the River Thames ⓘ City and town halls in London ⓘ Government buildings in the United Kingdom ⓘ Norman Foster buildings ⓘ
completionDate	2002 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1998 ⓘ
coordinates	51.5046°N 0.0780°W ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
designedFor	energy efficiency ⓘ
feature	council chamber ⓘ glass façade ⓘ helical internal staircase ⓘ
floorArea	approximately 18500 square metres ⓘ
floorCount	10 ⓘ
formerUse	seat of the London Assembly ⓘ seat of the Mayor of London ⓘ
function	headquarters of the Greater London Authority ⓘ meeting place of the London Assembly ⓘ office of the Mayor of London ⓘ
governingBody	Greater London Authority ⓘ
height	45 metres ⓘ
imageSubject	frequently photographed London landmark ⓘ
locatedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Greater London ⓘ
locatedInNeighbourhood	Southwark ⓘ
locatedNear	Tower Bridge ⓘ
locatedOnBankOfRiver	south bank of the River Thames ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Thames ⓘ surface form: River Thames
materialUsed	glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
nickname	The Glass Egg ⓘ The Onion ⓘ
officialName	City Hall self-linksurface differs ⓘ
openingDate	2002 ⓘ
ownedBy	Greater London Authority ⓘ
partOf	More London development ⓘ
publicTransitAccess	London Bridge railway station ⓘ surface form: London Bridge station Tower Hill station ⓘ
replaced	County Hall ⓘ surface form: County Hall (as seat of London-wide government)
tenant	Greater London Authority ⓘ London Assembly ⓘ Mayor of London ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Mayor of London → hasSeat → City Hall ⓘ

City Hall → officialName → City Hall self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: City Hall (London)

City Hall, London → officialName → City Hall ⓘ

Greater London Authority → seat → City Hall ⓘ