Architect:

Viljo Revell

Completion:

1965

Description:

Toronto's New City Hall (the fourth in the city's history) rises in two arcs of different heights around the low dome of the Council chamber. Revell, a Finnish architect with few buildings outside his home country, is classified in the "functionalist" school of architecture. Views of the composition are preserved by Nathan Phillips Square to the south. With no surface ornamentation other than the concrete ribs on the exteriors of the two arcs, the building creates a dramatic contrast to the previous City Hall to the east, completed in 1899, an elaborate example of neo-romanesque architecture with detailed decorations. A raised walkway that surrounds the square provides excellent views of the complex, although it creates a fortress-like feel perhaps more associated with the concurrent Brutalist style.

Revell died in 1964 before the building was completed.

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Address:

100 Queen Street West

Toronto, Ontario M5H 2N1

Map/Directions/Info:

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The building is located north of Queen Street, just west of Bay Street.

Train: Yonge-University-Spadina line to the Queen Station (to the east) or the Osgoode Station (to the west).

Nearby:

BCE Place Galleria

Commerce Court West

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