LONDON CITY HALL History London City Hall is occupied by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. It was initially created as a part of the infrastructure of the Greater London Authority (GLA). It is located on the South Bank of the River Thames and west from Tower Bridge.
Architect The London City Hall is designed by the famous British architect Norman Foster of Foster and Partners architecture firm. Norman Foster was born in Manchester in 1935. After graduating from Manchester University (School of Architecture and City Planning) in 1961 he won a Henry Fellowship to Yale University, where he gained a Master’s Degree in Architecture. In 1967 he founded Foster Associates in London, which is known as Foster+Partners nowadays. Norman Foster was awarded the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1983, the Gold Medal for the French Academy of Architecture in 1991 and the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 1994. In 1999 he was honoured with a life peerage in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, taking the title Lord Foster of Thames Bank.
Date of Build 1998-2002