Website: http://www.london.gov.uk/city-hallLast Saturday ABJ and I visited City Hall, the home of the Greater London Authority. The building was part of the OpenHouse weekend in which hundreds of buildings across London open their doors to the public.
We arrived to have a look around and waited in the queue for the security check. Everything was surprisingly well-organised and once we were through we dodged the queues at the lifts and walked up a slowly sloping ramp that wrapped around the edge of the building and led us up to a large discussion chamber:
From here we could see the main architectural feature of the building - a spiral staircase which rises up through its centre:
We tried to climb the staircase but were turned away and told that people could only follow it in one direction. We hopped in the lifts and went up to to the 9th floor to look at the views of London.There were good views, including the nearby "Scoop":
as well as views across the river:
as well as Tower Bridge:
and the landscaping nearby:
After seeing the views we walked down the spiral staircase and enjoyed seeing everybody taking arty photos of it, as well as looking into people's offices.At the bottom of the building is a giant aerial photo of London. We joined the crowds in locating our house on the map and discovering any recognisable landmarks near to it.
Summary: Interesting modern building.
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