Colonial architecture with Burmese design details
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Hybrid architecture
City Hall is the home of the Yangon City Development Committee and one of the few colonial era buildings with traditional Myanmar architectural features. The original winner of a 1913 design competition was more classic architecture, but because of WWI, plans were put on hold and the British design was never built.
Classic revival
Burmese architect Sithu U Tin, well known for his hugely popular Burmese pavilion at the 1924 London Wembley exhibition was selected for the job. Well-known local architect U Sun Oo described his design with traditional roofs, ornamental motifs of peacocks, lotus flowers and serpents as: “classic revival, a new unique stylistic hybrid”.
Sithu U Tin ‘s design is Classic Revival, a new unique stylistic hybrid.
Lilac colour
The distinct lilac colour is relatively recent, until 2011 the building was yellowish tangerine.