| London City Hall Characteristics | Symbolic Aspect |
| According to transparent façade and form of the building, it is showing the modern London. o This transparent building is part of the urban development project that is giving a new face to its surrounding | Transparency is a sign of modernity Symbolizing a modern city |
| It designed in order to be a new landmark in city of London. o It is noteworthy that the purpose for design of London City Hall was also to create a new landmark for London. Foster and partners created the building to reach visual and conceptual significance | Deliberately iconic building with key structural and idea behind the concept |
| Unique and unusual in the case of architecture o There is no back or front defined for the building .The uniqueness of the form reveals immediately by the spherical shape of its structure that leans towards south direction (Figure 4) | Importance of architectural forms |
| It is as a model of democracy, accessibility and sustainability. o The building of City Hall is designed as a symbol of democracy, sustainability and accessibility. It brings the visitors close to the working of the democratic process. o The transparency of the democratic process, preceded by the London authority was successful, by being accessible for the people and all parts of the government. The visibility of assembly chamber makes it easily to observe all the meetings in several perspectives (Figure 5) and (Figure 6) | Key structural and idea behind the concept/Referring to universal patterns |
| It is one of the most important buildings of the capital so it representing civic symbolism and symbol of the capital | Importance of functional aspect |
| The building’s structure does not contain any vertical column. These issues induce the sense of openness of the government to the citizens and other visitors | Important role of form to create and define symbolic meaning |