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In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre, (in the UK or Australia) a guildhall, a Rathaus (German), or (more rarely) a municipal building, is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually houses the city or town council, its associated departments, and their employees. It also usually functions as the base of the mayor of a city, town, borough, or county / shire.
By convention, until the mid 19th-century, a single large open chamber (or 'hall') formed an integral part of the building housing the council. The hall may be used for council meetings and other significant events. This large chamber, the 'town hall', (and its later variant 'city hall') has become synonymous with the whole building, and with the administrative body housed in it. The terms 'council chambers', 'municipal building' or variants may be used locally in preference to 'town hall' if no such large hall is present within the building.
The local government may endeavor to use the town hall building to promote and enhance the quality of life of the community. In many cases, "'town halls' serve not only as buildings for government functions, but also have facilities for various civic and cultural activities. These may include art shows, stage performances, exhibits and festivals. Modern town halls or "civic centres" are often designed with a great variety and flexibility of purpose in mind.
The Auckland Town Hall is a historic building on Queen Street in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, known both for its original and ongoing use for administrative functions (such as Council meetings and hearings), as well as for its famed Great Hall and its separate Concert Chamber. The Town Hall and its surrounding context is highly protected as a 'Category A' heritage place in the city's district plan.
Opened on 14 December 1911 by Lord Islington, then the Governor of New Zealand, the building is one of the most prominent heritage structures on Queen Street. Costing £126,000 to construct, it was designed by Melbourne architects, JJ & EJ Clarke, their Italian Renaissance Revival building selected from amongst 46 proposals. The five-storey building was specially designed to fit the wedge-shaped piece of land that had been acquired for it at the meeting of Queen Street and Grey Street in the 1870s. It bears a striking resemblance to the new Lambeth Town Hall at Brixton, London built around the same time. The town hall formed Auckland's first permanent seat of both administration and entertainment in the city's history, with its Great Hall (seating 1,673 people) modelled on the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, and being considered as having one of the finest acoustics in the world.
Auckland (/ˈɔːklənd/ AWK-lənd), in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country. Auckland has a population of 1,454,300, 32 percent of New Zealand's population. It is part of the wider Auckland Region, which includes the rural areas and towns north and south of the urban area, plus the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, resulting in a total population of 1,570,500 that is governed by the Auckland Council. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world. In Māori, Auckland's name is Tāmaki Makaurau and the transliterated version of Auckland is Ākarana.
The Auckland urban area (as defined by Statistics New Zealand) ranges to Waiwera in the north, Kumeu in the northwest, and Runciman in the south. It is not contiguous; the section from Waiwera to Whangaparaoa Peninsula is separate from its nearest neighbouring suburb of Long Bay. Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east, the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east, the Manukau Harbour to the south-west, and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west. The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitemata Harbour on the Pacific Ocean. It is one of the few cities in the world to have two harbours on two separate major bodies of water.
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size definition for what constitutes a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world.
The word town shares an origin with the German word Stadt, the Dutch word tuin, and the Old Norse tun. The German word Zaun comes closest to the original meaning of the word: a fence of any material. An early borrowing from Celtic *dunom (cf. Old Irish dun, Welsh din "fortress, fortified place, camp," dinas "city;"
In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, more specifically those of the wealthy, which had a high fence or a wall around them (like the garden of palace Het Loo in Apeldoorn, which was the example for the privy garden of William and Mary at Hampton Court). In Old Norse tun means a (grassy) place between farmhouses, and is still used in a similar meaning in modern Norwegian.
In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age, a mead hall was such a simple building and was the residence of a lord and his retainers. Later, rooms were partitioned from it, and the space next to the front door became the entrance hall. Today, the (entrance) hall of a house is the space next to the front door or vestibule leading to the rooms directly and/or indirectly. Where the hall inside the front door of a house is elongated, it may be called a passage, corridor (from Spanish corredor used in El Escorial and 100 years later in Castle Howard) or hallway.
The term hall is often used to designate a British or Irish country house such as a hall house, or specifically a Wealden hall house, and manor houses.
In later medieval Europe, the main room of a castle or manor house was the great hall. In a medieval building, the hall was where the fire was kept. With time, its functions as dormitory, kitchen, parlour and so on were divided off to separate rooms or, in the case of the kitchen, a separate building.
Auckland Town Hall as never seen before! Mike Mizrahi transforms this building with a stunning display, celebrating the launch of the Telecom XT (3G) network in New Zealand. Three large PIGI projectors (as used during the recent Olympic Games) were used to create the ten sets of imagery as follows. - Curtains The performance begins with the building draped in curtains that rise, also falling at the end of each cycle. - Candy House Hansel and Gretel eat your heart out! - Sand Castle - Futurisitic - House Keep an eye out for the wandering moggy. - Lighthouse - Waterfall - London Underground - Palace of Westminster - Rocket Launch The following messages also appear during the display: TAKE ANOTHER LOOK; OF NEW ZEALAND - FOR NEW ZEALAND; THE FUTURE IS HERE; DISCOVER. CREATE. EX...
http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Happy 100th birthday Auckland Town Hall! A prominent landmark, the Auckland Town Hall has been at the centre of the city's political and cultural life since its opening, and over the years has hosted countless significant events and figures.
So HEY to all you GLAMBERTS (& everyone else) looking! This is a 100% Adam Lambert FAN posting this. No professional involvement, no money has changed hands except from me to Adam via my ticket. It's my third go at recording a complete NZ Adam Lambert concert. The first two were with Queen and have been posted. I was at Waitakere Trusts Stadium in Oct 2010 and it was there that after viewing what I saw I decided I could simply never EVER not capture another performance that I could get to. And I really need to qualify ALL of that. I'm a 47 year old male, single and NOT gay. I'm a huge music fan, and have been to concerts all my life - hundreds of them. I have a lot of musical interests, none less than the Foo Fighters, who I've collected for over 20 years. Look up Foozealand on Google....
This being only my 3rd year of playing the organ I had a huge opportunity with support from the "Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust" to record 3 of the 4 movements from Léon Boëllmann's work "Suite Gothique", which is as of now my first organ solo work. The Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust website: http://aucklandorgan.org.nz/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TownHallOrgan Thanks also to all my friends and family who support me in playing this amazing music! :)
Robert Costin, recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ, April 2014 SUSATO: Mohrentanz; BACH: Prelude & Fugue in E minor BWV 548, 'The Wedge'; NEVIN: Narcissus; GRAINGER: Colonial Song, Up-Country Song; MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata No 6 in D minor Op 65; LEFEBURE-WELY: Boléro de Concert Op 166; BACH: Trio Sonata in Eb BWV525; LANGLAIS: Incantation pour un jour saint
The pipe organ in Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand, was originally built in 1911. Nearly 100 years later, it was rebuilt by the firm of Klais and unveiled on 21 March 2010. The inaugural concert presented the rebuilt organ in a variety of roles: as a solo instrument, accompanying choirs, with orchestra, and as a ceremonial civic instrument. This CD of the concert is available for purchase at http://www.aucklandorgan.org.nz/
Unitech graduation Auckland New Zealand
Adam Lambert - Ghost Town, Auckland Town Hall 2016
Auckland Town Hall as never seen before! Mike Mizrahi transforms this building with a stunning display, celebrating the launch of the Telecom XT (3G) network in New Zealand. Three large PIGI projectors (as used during the recent Olympic Games) were used to create the ten sets of imagery as follows. - Curtains The performance begins with the building draped in curtains that rise, also falling at the end of each cycle. - Candy House Hansel and Gretel eat your heart out! - Sand Castle - Futurisitic - House Keep an eye out for the wandering moggy. - Lighthouse - Waterfall - London Underground - Palace of Westminster - Rocket Launch The following messages also appear during the display: TAKE ANOTHER LOOK; OF NEW ZEALAND - FOR NEW ZEALAND; THE FUTURE IS HERE; DISCOVER. CREATE. EX...
http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Happy 100th birthday Auckland Town Hall! A prominent landmark, the Auckland Town Hall has been at the centre of the city's political and cultural life since its opening, and over the years has hosted countless significant events and figures.
So HEY to all you GLAMBERTS (& everyone else) looking! This is a 100% Adam Lambert FAN posting this. No professional involvement, no money has changed hands except from me to Adam via my ticket. It's my third go at recording a complete NZ Adam Lambert concert. The first two were with Queen and have been posted. I was at Waitakere Trusts Stadium in Oct 2010 and it was there that after viewing what I saw I decided I could simply never EVER not capture another performance that I could get to. And I really need to qualify ALL of that. I'm a 47 year old male, single and NOT gay. I'm a huge music fan, and have been to concerts all my life - hundreds of them. I have a lot of musical interests, none less than the Foo Fighters, who I've collected for over 20 years. Look up Foozealand on Google....
This being only my 3rd year of playing the organ I had a huge opportunity with support from the "Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust" to record 3 of the 4 movements from Léon Boëllmann's work "Suite Gothique", which is as of now my first organ solo work. The Auckland Town Hall Organ Trust website: http://aucklandorgan.org.nz/ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TownHallOrgan Thanks also to all my friends and family who support me in playing this amazing music! :)
Robert Costin, recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ, April 2014 SUSATO: Mohrentanz; BACH: Prelude & Fugue in E minor BWV 548, 'The Wedge'; NEVIN: Narcissus; GRAINGER: Colonial Song, Up-Country Song; MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata No 6 in D minor Op 65; LEFEBURE-WELY: Boléro de Concert Op 166; BACH: Trio Sonata in Eb BWV525; LANGLAIS: Incantation pour un jour saint
The pipe organ in Auckland Town Hall, New Zealand, was originally built in 1911. Nearly 100 years later, it was rebuilt by the firm of Klais and unveiled on 21 March 2010. The inaugural concert presented the rebuilt organ in a variety of roles: as a solo instrument, accompanying choirs, with orchestra, and as a ceremonial civic instrument. This CD of the concert is available for purchase at http://www.aucklandorgan.org.nz/
Unitech graduation Auckland New Zealand
Adam Lambert - Ghost Town, Auckland Town Hall 2016
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Opening Ceremony - The Big Sing National Finale 2014 Auckland Town Hall 21 August 2014
Robert Costin, recorded in Auckland Town Hall by RNZ, April 2014 SUSATO: Mohrentanz; BACH: Prelude & Fugue in E minor BWV 548, 'The Wedge'; NEVIN: Narcissus; GRAINGER: Colonial Song, Up-Country Song; MENDELSSOHN: Organ Sonata No 6 in D minor Op 65; LEFEBURE-WELY: Boléro de Concert Op 166; BACH: Trio Sonata in Eb BWV525; LANGLAIS: Incantation pour un jour saint
A gig I played to tribute the late, great David Bowie at Bishop Auckland Town Hall hosted by Bishop FM's radio show Unsigned Live with Charlie and Mark: 1. I'm Waiting for the Man (Velvet Underground) 2. Queen Bitch 3. Substitute (The Who) 4. Moonage Daydream 5. Drive-in Saturday 6. Starman 7. Pretty Vacant (Sex Pistols) 8. Changes 9. Space Oddity
We're really proud to see our students succeed and achieve their goals, so help us celebrate our students who graduated on September 14th 2016 at Auckland Town Hall in the second ceremony. http://www.unitec.ac.nz
We're really proud to see our students succeed and achieve their goals, so help us celebrate our students who graduated on September 14th 2016 at Auckland Town Hall in the first ceremony. http://www.unitec.ac.nz
Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi Performed as part of The Bayleys Great Classics Series concert ‘Hanslip Plays Mozart’ Thursday 23 February 2017 Auckland Town Hall Audio courtesy of Radio New Zealand Concert Video produced by JX Live
We're really proud to see our students succeed and achieve their goals, so help us celebrate our students who graduated on April 12, 2016 at Auckland Town Hall.
We're really proud to see our students succeed and achieve their goals, so help us celebrate our students who graduated on April 12, 2016 at Auckland Town Hall.
We're really proud to see our students succeed and achieve their goals, so help us celebrate our students who graduated on April 13, 2016 at Auckland Town Hall.