Boston City Hall
Recent Architecture: Government
Architect
Kallmann McKinnell & Wood
Recent Architecture: Government
Architect
Kallmann McKinnell & Wood
Dates
- Constructed, 1969
Awards
- American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture 1969
- Harleston Parker Medal, City of Boston 1969
Podcasts
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Modernism in Boston - Part 10: City Hall and Brutalism - David Fixler
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Boston City Hall - 1 - Alex Krieger
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Boston City Hall - 2 - Alex Krieger
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Boston City Hall - Susan Park
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Boston City Hall - Henry Wood
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Description
Boston City Hall was a part of a major urban redesign effort in downtown Boston during the 1960's, a project which replaced Scollay Square with Government Center, which included City Hall and the City Hall Plaza. One of the most famous examples of so-called brutalist architecture, the design by Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles was the unanimous winner in an international design competition.
The building is famously polarizing and remains controversial to this day. Praised by many working within...
The building is famously polarizing and remains controversial to this day. Praised by many working within...
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Location
1 City Hall Ave
Boston, MA
United States
Boston, MA
United States
Nearby Items
| Mayor John Frederick Collins | 383 feet |  | ||
| Mayor James Michael Curley | 421 feet | | ||
| Curley Memorial Plaza | 435 feet | | ||
| North End Parks | 497 feet | | ||
| First Night @ City Hall Plaza | 514 feet | | ||
| Making Time Visible : The Scollay Square Project | 532 feet | | ||
| Union Street | 541 feet | |
