London City Hall (London, England) : Aerial content view, looking southwest, showing relationship with the Thames River and the More London development beyond

Creator:

Foster + Partners, founded as Foster Associates 1967; renamed ca. 1999

Published/Created:

Southwark, The Queen's Walk, More London, London, England, United Kingdom
completed 2002

Physical Description:

500 m (height, helical walkway)

Date Depicted:

5/24/2007
1950 AD - 2010 AD

Materials:

blue limestone
glass
stainless steel

Notes:

It houses the assembly chamber for the 25 elected members of the London Assembly and the offices of the Mayor and 500 staff of the Greater London Authority. The building is set within the new More London development on the south bank of the Thames, bringing a rich mix of office buildings, shops, cafes and landscaped public spaces to a section of the riverside that has remained undeveloped for decades. More than half of the total site area is given over to public space, including two large piazzas equivalent in size to Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus. A new streetscape will create dramatic vistas of landmarks such as HMS Belfast and the Tower of London. An underground road, which gives common access to a service infrastructure shared by all the new buildings, has enabled the entire site to be kept completely free of vehicles. This has facilitated the creation of a new, completely pedestrianised public realm along the riverside, which will be accessible 24 hours a day. The buildings cooling system utilises cold ground water pumped up via boreholes from the water table and passed through chilled beams in the ceilings.

Variant Titles:

Greater London Authority Building

Topics:

Architecture -- Britain -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Britain -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Twenty-first century

Culture:

British

Accession Number:

1A1-FPA-LCH-A1

Genre:

architecture (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

architectural exteriors; contemporary (1960 to present); Architecture and energy conservation; Sustainable buildings; Green architecture; passive ventilation; government construction buildings; public buildings; municipal buildings; city halls aerial view

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Module Four

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
5/24/2007

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4152

OID:

10103821

PID:

digcoll:1835865