City Hall, Southwark as seat of the Greater London Authority
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City Hall, Southwark as seat of the Greater London Authority was the distinctive riverside headquarters of London’s regional government, housing the Mayor of London and the London Assembly until their relocation to the Crystal in Newham.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| City Hall, Southwark | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former seat of the Greater London Authority
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government building ⓘ office building ⓘ |
| architect | Norman Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalFirm | Foster and Partners NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | high-tech architecture ⓘ |
| category |
Buildings and structures in the London Borough of Southwark
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City and town halls in London ⓘ |
| client | Greater London Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate | 2002 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1998 ⓘ |
| coordinates | 51.5046°N 0.0780°W ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designedFor | energy efficiency ⓘ |
| energyEfficiencyFeature |
natural ventilation elements
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shaded south façade ⓘ |
| floorCount | 10 ⓘ |
| formerTenants |
Greater London Authority
NERFINISHED
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London Assembly Secretariat NERFINISHED ⓘ Mayor of London’s Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
headquarters of the Greater London Authority
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meeting place of the London Assembly ⓘ office of the Mayor of London ⓘ |
| GLARelocationToTheCrystalAnnounced | 2020 ⓘ |
| GLARelocationToTheCrystalCompleted | 2021 ⓘ |
| height | approximately 45 metres ⓘ |
| housed |
London Assembly
NERFINISHED
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Mayor of London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Greater London
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London NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Tower Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | south bank of the River Thames ⓘ |
| material |
glass
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steel ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
helical internal staircase
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tilted glass façade ⓘ |
| opened | 2002 ⓘ |
| openedBy | Queen Elizabeth II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | More London Development NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| panoramicViewFrom | top-floor public gallery ⓘ |
| partOf | More London development NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicAccess | had public viewing gallery for Assembly meetings ⓘ |
| replaced | County Hall as seat of London-wide government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedByAsSeatOfGLA | The Crystal, Newham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAsSeatFrom | 2002 ⓘ |
| servedAsSeatOf | Greater London Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAsSeatUntil | 2021 ⓘ |
| shape | bulbous glass structure ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
The Crystal, Royal Victoria Dock, Newham
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replaced
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City Hall, Southwark as seat of the Greater London Authority
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