City Hall, London (Southwark): Difference between revisions

The City Hall building was designed by [[Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank|Norman Foster]] and was constructed at a cost of £43 million<ref>[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:Ijw0_MjOtlMJ:www.scottish.parliament.uk/business/research/briefings-04/sb04-60.pdf+construction+cost+of+GLA+city+hall&hl=en&gl=uk&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi4vu_Sk2l-MlW8fgbTuCZEj "SPICe Briefing" Retrieved 2010-03-01]</ref> on a site formerly occupied by [[Wharf|wharves]] serving the [[Pool of London]]. It opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created, and was leased rather than owned by the Greater London Authority.<ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/learning/docs/inside_city_hall.pdf "Inside City Hall" Retrieved 2010-03-01] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604132134/http://www.london.gov.uk/learning/docs/inside_city_hall.pdf |date=4 June 2011 }}</ref> Despite its name, City Hall did not serve a city ([[City status in the United Kingdom#Greater London|according to UK law]]). It had responsibilities over Greater London, which should not be confused with the [[City of London]], which has its headquarters at the [[Guildhall, London|Guildhall]].<ref>{{NHLE|num=1476841|desc=West Wing, Guildhall|grade=II|access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref>