| Edmonton City Hall | |
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 City Hall's main pyramid and fountain. To the left is a cenotaph; in the background are theCN Tower andEpcor Tower. | |
 Interactive map of Edmonton City Hall | |
| General information | |
| Type | City hall |
| Architectural style | Postmodern |
| Location | 1 Sir Winston Churchill Square Edmonton,Alberta T5J 2R7 |
| Coordinates | 53°32′44″N113°29′24.5″W / 53.54556°N 113.490139°W /53.54556; -113.490139 |
| Construction started | June 1990[1] |
| Opened | August 28, 1992[3] |
| Cost | CA$48.9 million[1] ($91.5 million in 2023 dollars[2]) |
| Owner | City of Edmonton |
| Height | 43 m (141 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Dub Architects |
| Main contractor | Stuart Olson Dominion[4] |
| Awards and prizes | American Concrete Institute - 1993 Award for Excellence for Design and Construction[5] |
| Other information | |
| Public transit access |      Churchill station |
TheEdmonton City Hall is the home of themunicipal government ofEdmonton,Alberta, Canada. Designed byDub Architects, the building was completed in 1992. It was built to replace the former city hall designed by architectsKelvin Crawford Stanley and Maxwell Dewar in 1957, which had become outdated and expensive to operate.[6][7]
The building features two steel and glasspyramids, one 43 metres (141 ft) (ground to peak), on top of a three-storey concrete structure. One pyramid provides natural light for the main atrium, the other for the council chambers.[8] The building also features a 60-metre-high (200 ft) clock (Friendship Tower) topped with a set of23-carillon bells.[9] Located on the eastern edge of the financial district inEdmonton's downtown, the building is the main feature onSir Winston Churchill Square. In the winter, the fountain is converted to a skating rink.
The design for the city hall met with some controversy when it was first announced. The original design called for the building to be topped with fourcones. The cones were meant to evoke thetipis that theFirst Nations once lived in on the site. The design met with negative feedback from the public as they felt it looked like dunce caps and nuclear reactors.[10] Dub Architects then revised their design to replace the cones with the pyramids, with the pyramids designed to be evocative of theRocky Mountains and theMuttart Conservatory.
The building was temporarily renamed the "Nathan Fillion Civilian Pavilion" for 24 hours in August 2021, for the debut of his most recent film.[11] Nathan Fillion was born in Edmonton in 1971.
A firebombs and shooting attack occurred inside Edmonton City Hall on January 23, 2024, causing an estimated $100,000 of property damages. No one was injured or killed.[12][13][14]
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