Falkenberg Town Hall

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The Falkenberg Town Hall

Falkenberg Town Hall is a listed modern building, [1] built 1958-1959 and inaugurated 16 August 1960. [2] Lennart Tham was chosen as architect after no less than three competitions, the last one in 1949. [3] The building process was delayed due to the need to build a new fire station, as the town hall would be located where the old fire station had been situated. [4] The building was to be Tham's last work and has been listed since 2006. [5]

The original building consisted of three sections (of which one is "the cube", the glassed section figuring prominently in the photo). It was extended with a new section in 1986. [2]

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References

  1. "Stadshuset blir byggnadsminne" (in Swedish). SVT. 22 August 2006. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 Falkenbergs Stadshus Archived 2010-11-22 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  3. Arkitekttävling Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  4. Fördröjning och tveksamheter Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)
  5. Byggnadsminnesförklaring Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish)

Coordinates: 56°54′15.58″N12°29′29.41″E / 56.9043278°N 12.4915028°E / 56.9043278; 12.4915028