City Hall, Sunderland

The new building was commissioned to replace the old Sunderland Civic Centre which had been the home of the council since 1970. The council estimated that it would cost £5 million to refurbish the old civic centre and therefore decided to procure a new structure instead. Construction of the new glass and steel structure started in November 2019. It was designed by FaulknerBrowns and built by Bowmer + Kirkland at a cost of £42 million. The development was financed by Legal & General as part of a larger programme of investment in the city totalling £100 million. The design includes two office blocks, one of five storeys and the other of six storeys, connected by a glass atrium, facing onto St…