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