City Hall, London (Newham)

City Hall
City Hall seen across Royal Victoria Dock
General information
Status	Completed
Architectural style	Neo-futurism
Location	Kamal Chunchie Way, London, E16 1ZE[1]
Coordinates	51°30′25″N 0°00′58″E / 51.507021°N 0.016111°E / 51.507021; 0.016111
Construction started	March 2011[2]
Completed	July 2012[2]
Opening	September 2012 (repurposed as Greater London City Hall January 2022)
Cost	£30 million[2]
Owner	Greater London Authority[3]
Technical details
Floor area	7,000 m2 (75,000 sq ft)[2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)	WilkinsonEyre[2]
Structural engineer	Arup Group[2]
Services engineer	Arup Group[2]
Main contractor	ISG[2]

City Hall, in the London Borough of Newham in east London, is the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA), the regional government for Greater London. It replaced the previous City Hall, in Southwark in 2022. The building opened in 2012 and was previously an exhibition centre for sustainable architecture, known as The Crystal. Built and opened by Siemens, it was the first building in the world to reach the highest sustainable award level (see LEED and BREEAM). It was bought by the GLA in 2019 for the docklands redevelopment project.^[4]

The building is situated next to the redeveloped Royal Victoria Dock in Canning Town. The northern terminus of the London cable car, and Royal Victoria station, the Docklands Light Railway and Custom House railway station on the Elizabeth line are within walking distance.^[5] It is close to London City Airport.