Toronto City Hall

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architectural landmark city hall modernist building municipal government building

Toronto City Hall is a distinctive modernist civic complex in downtown Toronto that houses the city's municipal government and is one of its most recognizable architectural landmarks.

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Label Occurrences
Toronto City Hall canonical 39
Toronto City Hall complex 2
Toronto City Hall Nathan Phillips Square 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural landmark ⓘ
city hall ⓘ
modernist building ⓘ
municipal government building ⓘ
address 100 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
architect Bertil Huttunen ⓘ
Heikki Castrén ⓘ
Bertil Huttunen ⓘ
surface form: Niilo Kokko

Seppo Valjus ⓘ
Viljo Revell ⓘ
architecturalStyle Brutalism (elements) ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ
competitionWinner Viljo Revell ⓘ
completionDate 1965 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1961 ⓘ
coordinates 43.6535°N 79.3841°W ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
designCompetition International architectural competition for Toronto City Hall ⓘ
featuredIn City of Toronto logo (stylized towers and chamber) ⓘ
featuredOn Canadian postage stamp ⓘ
floorCount 20 (west tower) ⓘ
27 (east tower) ⓘ
function seat of municipal government of Toronto ⓘ
groundbreakingDate 1961 ⓘ
hasPart Nathan Phillips Square ⓘ
council chamber ⓘ
east tower ⓘ
podium building ⓘ
rooftop garden ⓘ
underground parking garage ⓘ
west tower ⓘ
hasSculpture The Archer by Henry Moore ⓘ
height 79.4 m (west tower) ⓘ
99.5 m (east tower) ⓘ
heritageStatus listed on the City of Toronto Heritage Register ⓘ
houses Toronto City Council ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1965-09-13 ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
Toronto ⓘ
downtown Toronto ⓘ
material glass ⓘ
reinforced concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
openedBy Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh ⓘ
operator Toronto ⓘ
surface form: City of Toronto
overlooks Nathan Phillips Square ⓘ
owner Toronto ⓘ
surface form: City of Toronto
publicTransitAccess Osgoode station ⓘ
Queen station ⓘ
replaced Old City Hall (Toronto) ⓘ
structuralEngineer Hannu Heikkinen ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

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

Toronto → hasLandmark → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Toronto City Council → currentMeetingPlace → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Nathan Phillips Square → partOf → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toronto City Hall complex
Nathan Phillips Square → adjacentTo → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Mayor of Toronto → seat → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Mayor of Toronto → headquartersLocation → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Downtown Toronto → contains → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Board of Health of Toronto → headquartersLocation → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Infrastructure and Environment Committee of Toronto City Council → meetsAt → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Planning and Housing Committee of Toronto City Council → meetsIn → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Economic and Community Development Committee of Toronto City Council → meetsIn → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
General Government Committee of Toronto City Council → meetsAt → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Heikki Castrén → notableWork → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Heikki Castrén → coDesignerOf → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Heikki Castrén → coDesignerOf → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toronto City Hall complex
Heikki Castrén → hasPart → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
subject surface form: Toronto City Hall complex
Viljo Revell → notableWork → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Viljo Revell → notableWork → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toronto New City Hall
Viljo Revell → designed → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Old Toronto → contains → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Peace Garden → near → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Peace Garden → associatedWith → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Cavalcade of Lights → associatedWith → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Hannu Heikkinen → notableWork → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Old City Hall (Toronto) → locatedNear → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Old City Hall (Toronto) → replacedBy → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Toronto sign → inFrontOf → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Osgoode station → servesLandmark → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Bertil Huttunen → notableWork → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Freedom Arches → associatedWith → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Freedom Arches → adjacentTo → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toronto City Hall building
Seppo Valjus → notableWork → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
University Avenue → hasNearbyInstitution → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
subject surface form: University Avenue (Toronto)
Osgoode Hall → nearby → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Queen subway station → hasNearbyLandmark → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
subject surface form: Queen station
Mel Lastman → workLocation → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads → exhibitedAt → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toronto City Hall Nathan Phillips Square
Revell → knownFor → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
subject surface form: Viljo Revell
Old City Hall → locatedNear → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Old City Hall → formerFunction → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toronto city hall
Old City Hall → replacedBy → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Toronto Christmas tree → associatedWith → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Toronto Christmas tree → hasPhotographicSubject → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toronto City Hall towers
OCAD University campus → near → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
Toronto PATH system → connectsTo → Toronto City Hall ⓘ
University Avenue, Toronto → near → Toronto City Hall ⓘ