Calgary Municipal Building

Calgary Municipal Building
The Calgary Municipal Building dwarfs the Calgary City Hall in downtown Calgary.
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General information
TypeCity hall
Architectural stylePostmodern architecture
Address800 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary, Alberta
T2G 5E6
Coordinates51°02′44″N 114°03′23″W / 51.0456°N 114.0565°W / 51.0456; -114.0565
Construction started1982
CompletedOctober 1985
InauguratedOctober 18, 1985
Cost$97,000,000
($242 million in 2023 dollars[1])
ClientCity of Calgary
OwnerCity of Calgary
Height56.26 m (185 ft)
Technical details
Floor count14[2]
Floor area74,000m² (800,000ft²)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Christopher Ballyn
Architecture firmWZMH Architects
Structural engineerQuinn Dressel Jokinen
Main contractorEllisDon
References
Calgary Herald[3]Emporis[4]

The Calgary Municipal Building, often referred to as New City Hall, is the seat of local government for the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The building has been the centre for civic administration for the City of Calgary since it opened in 1985 to consolidate city administration, provide council chambers, and complement old Calgary City Hall, which is used as the offices of the mayor and councillors.

The structure currently houses 2,000 city employees[2] and is open to the public on weekdays.

  1. ^ 1688 to 1923: Geloso, Vincent, A Price Index for Canada, 1688 to 1850 (December 6, 2016). Afterwards, Canadian inflation numbers based on Statistics Canada tables 18-10-0005-01 (formerly CANSIM 326-0021) "Consumer Price Index, annual average, not seasonally adjusted". Statistics Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2021. and table 18-10-0004-13 "Consumer Price Index by product group, monthly, percentage change, not seasonally adjusted, Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  2. ^ a b "City of Calgary page". Archived from the original on 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
  3. ^ "Facts and figures for new city hall". Calgary Herald. October 12, 1985. p. G8. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  4. ^ "Calgary Municipal Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)