Falkenberg Town Hall Explained

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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56.9043°N 12.4915°W

Notes and References

1. News: Stadshuset blir byggnadsminne . . 22 August 2006 . 1 December 2010 . sv . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613143220/http://svt.se/svt/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=34007&a=643073&from=rss . 13 June 2011 .
2. http://www.falkenberg.se/omfalkenberg/historia/falkenbergsstadshus.4.1f78b68f8eeb092ff7fff2034.html Falkenbergs Stadshus
3. http://www.falkenberg.se/omfalkenberg/historia/falkenbergsstadshus/stadhusetstillkomstfranidetillinvigning/arkitekttavling2och3.4.1f78b68f9c13d1adb7fff820.html Arkitekttävling
4. http://www.falkenberg.se/omfalkenberg/historia/falkenbergsstadshus/stadhusetstillkomstfranidetillinvigning/fordrojningarochtveksamheter.4.1f78b68f9c13d1adb7fff842.html Fördröjning och tveksamheter
5. http://www.falkenberg.se/omfalkenberg/historia/falkenbergsstadshus/byggnadsminnesforklaring.4.1f78b68f9c13d1adb7fff709.html Byggnadsminnesförklaring