DOI issue:
No. 391 (October 1925)
DOI article:Wernstedt, Melchior: The Stockholm City Hall
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0210
THE STOCKHOLM CITY HALL
treatment everywhere and give the various
rooms their finished individual character.
The whole of the western part of the
building is occupied by offices, and such
are also contained in the two upper
storeys of the southern range of buildings.
" The Blue Hall " forms the centre of
the western part of the building ; it is a
covered court, very well lighted through
the great glass covered openings in the
upper parts of the surrounding walls
which also admit light to the system of
corridors round this hall leading to the
working premises, a a 0 0
The representative section or the State
Rooms occupies the main storey of the
southern range of buildings. This lies
immediately over the open arcade and
culminates in the great festival and ban-
queting hall, known as the " Golden
Chamber," which is situated at right angles
the north-west corner t0 fae sulte 0f rooms forming the State
of the courtyard, stock- . ™ • i i r 1
holm city hall, archi- Apartments. The mam body of the
tect, ragnar ostberg Golden Chamber runs along the " Civic
Court " on its western side and thus lies
m the southern range of buildings down between the open court and the closed one^
a few steps to the Waterside Terrace and
the lake. It is through the Civic Court
that one reaches the various entrances to
the several divisions of the building for
the administrative work of the city and for
its representative work in the state rooms.
The large session hall of the City
Council (the Council Chamber) on the
first floor in the eastern range of buildings
is the main feature in the administrative
section of the building. Externally, it is
distinguished by the lofty window em-
brasures in the eastern facade, and towards
the Civic Court it is also marked by
window openings on a monumental scale.
The interior is panelled throughout. The
walls with their framework of grey pine
filled in with oil-painted canvas harmonise
with the wooden panelling of the galleries
in the same yellowish-grey tone. 0 a
In the northern range of buildings there
follow the smaller session rooms, less
lavish in decoration and equipment but
well-proportioned and adapted for their
purposes. Further away in this range the
aldermen have their rooms, all of different
shape and decoration. The furniture, the
electric light fittings and the carpets, etc., S^uholm ^ity^hIll
have received an artistic and practical architect, ragnar ostberg
204
treatment everywhere and give the various
rooms their finished individual character.
The whole of the western part of the
building is occupied by offices, and such
are also contained in the two upper
storeys of the southern range of buildings.
" The Blue Hall " forms the centre of
the western part of the building ; it is a
covered court, very well lighted through
the great glass covered openings in the
upper parts of the surrounding walls
which also admit light to the system of
corridors round this hall leading to the
working premises, a a 0 0
The representative section or the State
Rooms occupies the main storey of the
southern range of buildings. This lies
immediately over the open arcade and
culminates in the great festival and ban-
queting hall, known as the " Golden
Chamber," which is situated at right angles
the north-west corner t0 fae sulte 0f rooms forming the State
of the courtyard, stock- . ™ • i i r 1
holm city hall, archi- Apartments. The mam body of the
tect, ragnar ostberg Golden Chamber runs along the " Civic
Court " on its western side and thus lies
m the southern range of buildings down between the open court and the closed one^
a few steps to the Waterside Terrace and
the lake. It is through the Civic Court
that one reaches the various entrances to
the several divisions of the building for
the administrative work of the city and for
its representative work in the state rooms.
The large session hall of the City
Council (the Council Chamber) on the
first floor in the eastern range of buildings
is the main feature in the administrative
section of the building. Externally, it is
distinguished by the lofty window em-
brasures in the eastern facade, and towards
the Civic Court it is also marked by
window openings on a monumental scale.
The interior is panelled throughout. The
walls with their framework of grey pine
filled in with oil-painted canvas harmonise
with the wooden panelling of the galleries
in the same yellowish-grey tone. 0 a
In the northern range of buildings there
follow the smaller session rooms, less
lavish in decoration and equipment but
well-proportioned and adapted for their
purposes. Further away in this range the
aldermen have their rooms, all of different
shape and decoration. The furniture, the
electric light fittings and the carpets, etc., S^uholm ^ity^hIll
have received an artistic and practical architect, ragnar ostberg
204