Design City Hall, London

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the interior helical staircase of london city hall



model of london city hall in legoland windsor



the chamber


the building has unusual, bulbous shape, purportedly intended reduce surface area , improve energy efficiency, although excess energy consumption caused exclusive use of glass (in double facade) overwhelms benefit of shape. despite claiming building demonstrates potential sustainable, virtually non-polluting public building , energy use measurements have shown building inefficient in terms of energy use (375 kwh/m/yr), 2012 display energy performance certificate rating of e . has been compared variously helmet (either darth vader s or motorcyclist s), misshapen egg, , woodlouse. former mayor ken livingstone referred glass testicle , while successor, boris johnson, made same comparison using different word, glass gonad , more politely onion . designers reportedly saw giant sphere hanging on thames, opted more conventionally rooted building instead. has no front or in conventional terms derives shape modified sphere.


a 500-metre (1,640 ft) helical walkway ascends full ten stories. @ top exhibition , meeting space called london s living room , open viewing deck open public. walkway provides views of interior of building, , intended symbolise transparency; similar device used foster in design rebuilt reichstag (parliament), when germany s capital moved berlin. in 2006 announced photovoltaic cells fitted building london climate change agency.


the council chamber located @ bottom of helical stairway. seats , desks assembly members arranged in circular form (like round table) no defined head , podium, or chair speaker, council chairperson, or mayor might seated. raised tiers of seats visitors or observers located 1 side.








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