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GLA building : Greater London Authority London

City Hall : Greater London Authority Building - design by by Foster + Partners

City Hall Building New photos from 12 Nov 2012: photos © Adrian Welch Location: south east London, just west of Tower Bridge Summary: unusual shaped building, likened to many objects, mostly anatomical! Nearest Tube: London Bridge, Northern Line photo © Nick Weall City Hall Description of key aspects of the Greater London Authority building: - headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) which comprises the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. - opened two years after the Greater London Authority was created. - £65m - note former LCC was upstream at County Hall and City of London is controlled from Guildhall on  the north bank - building has an unusual, bulbous shape, purportedly intended to reduce its surface area and thus improve energy efficiency, although energy use measurements have shown this building to be fairly inefficient in terms of energy use - has no front or back in conventional terms but derives its shape from a modified sphere. - 500-metre helical walkway, reminiscent of that in New York's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ascends the full height of the building. - the walkway provides views of the interior of the building, and is intended to symbolise transparency; a similar device was used by Foster in his design for the rebuilt Reichstag (parliament). - at the top of the ten-storey building is an exhibition and meeting space called "London's Living Room", with an open viewing deck which is occasionally open to the public. - in 2006 it was announced that solar photovoltaic cells would be fitted to the building GLA building, southeast London photos © Adrian Welch London City Hall, central London 1998-2003 Foster + Partners Greater London Authority Building : Foster & Partners Address: Greater London Authority City Hall The Queen's Walk London SE1 2AA

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