Edmonton City Hall
| Edmonton City Hall | |
|---|---|
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 |
The Edmonton City Hall is the home of the
Dub Architects, the building was completed in 1992. It was built to replace the former city hall designed by architects Kelvin Crawford Stanley and Maxwell Dewar in 1957, which had become outdated and expensive to operate.[6][7]
Design
The building features two steel and glass
Sir 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 four
tipis that the First 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 the Rocky Mountains and the Muttart Conservatory
.
Temporary renaming
The building was temporarily renamed the "Nathan Fillion Civilian Pavilion" for 24 hours in August 2021, for a debut of his most recent documentary. Nathan Fillion was born in Edmonton in 1971.
Incidents
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.[11][12][13]
Gallery
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City Hall interior -
Council Chambers -
A monument to the Ukrainian Famine in front of City Hall
References
- ^ a b Jimenez, Marina (August 24, 1992). "Civic pride swells at opening of city hall". Edmonton Journal. Edmonton, Alberta. p. B1.
- ^ 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
- ^ McIntyre, Heather (August 27, 2012). "Edmonton's city hall turns 20". Metro Edmonton. Free Daily News Group. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "Edmonton City Hall". Stuart Olson Dominion. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "Dub Architects / Public Projects / Edmonton City Hall". dubarchitects.ca. 2013 Dub Architects Ltd. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
- ISBN 9780889501454.
- ^ Herzog, Lawrence (August 10, 2011). "Edmonton's 1957 City Hall". Herzog on Heritage. Edmonton Heritage Council. Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ "Edmonton City Hall". CISC-ICCA. Archived from the original on February 7, 2012. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
- ^ "Features of City Hall". City of Edmonton. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ Kent, Gordon (August 29, 2012). "'Our favourite building' puts on a party". Edmonton Journal. Canada.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
- ^ Damage in Edmonton city hall attack estimated at $100K, meetings canceled next week, 26 January 2024.
- ^ ‘Heavily armed’ suspect acted alone in Edmonton City Hall shooting: police, 23 January 2024.
- ^ "Shots fired, Molotov cocktail thrown in Edmonton city hall, 1 arrested: police". Edmonton. 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
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