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The Hague City Hall (''Stadhuis'') is the city hall of
Official website
{{Coord, 52, 4, 39, N, 4, 19, 1, E, display=title City and town halls in the Netherlands Buildings and structures in The Hague Richard Meier buildings Government buildings completed in 1995
The Hague City Hall (''Stadhuis'') is the city hall of The Hague
The Hague ( ; nl, Den Haag or ) is a city and municipality of the Netherlands, situated on the west coast facing the North Sea. The Hague is the country's administrative centre and its seat of government, and while the official capital o ...
, Netherlands.
History
The city hall was designed in 1986 by the American architect Richard Meier and completed in 1995.Architecture
It is located in the new city centre, and incorporates the council chamber, the main public library, as well as cafés, exhibition spaces, and a wedding room. At its centre is a large atrium, flanked by two large slab buildings 10- and 12-storey tall. The library is located at the northwestern end of the building complex in a semicircular building. It is nicknamed "the Ice Palace" ( nl, IJspaleis) for its white color.In media
In the 2004 American film '' Ocean's Twelve'' directed by Steven Soderbergh, it serves as the headquarters of Europol.See also
*Old City Hall (The Hague)
The Old City Hall in The Hague is a Renaissance style building on the Groenmarkt near the Grote Kerk. It is the former seat of the city's government, and remains a place where residents hold civic wedding ceremonies, and where the Royal family r ...
* San Jose City Hall
San José City Hall is the seat of the municipal government of San Jose, California. Located in Downtown San Jose, it was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier in a Postmodern style. It consists of an 18-story tower, an ic ...
, another city hall by Meier
References
External links
Official website
{{Coord, 52, 4, 39, N, 4, 19, 1, E, display=title City and town halls in the Netherlands Buildings and structures in The Hague Richard Meier buildings Government buildings completed in 1995