Seattle City Hall

Seattle City Hall
Seattle City Hall
	Seattle City Hall in 2008
	Location within downtown Seattle
Alternative names	Seattle Municipal Building
General information
Type	Government offices
Location	600 Fourth Avenue ; Seattle Civic Center; Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Coordinates	47.605061°N 122.329820°W
Construction started	2003
Completed	2005
Cost	US$73 million
Owner	City of Seattle
Technical details
Floor count	7
Floor area	200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Bohlin Cywinski Jackson; Bassetti Architects; Gustafson Guthrie Nichol ; (landscape architect)
Main contractor	Hoffman Construction Company
References

Seattle City Hall (also known as the Seattle Municipal Building) is the home of the offices of the mayor and city council of Seattle, Washington, located between 4th Avenue and 5th Avenue in the downtown area of the city. Most city departments have their offices in the nearby Seattle Municipal Tower. In 2003, the Seattle city government moved into a new, "green" city hall building. Until 1962, the city government operated from the King County Courthouse, alongside the King County government.^{[citation needed]} The new City Hall and Plaza, together with the adjacent Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle Justice Center, and (unbuilt) Civic Square, comprise the Seattle Civic Center.