Warringah Civic Centre

The Warringah Council Civic Centre is a landmark civic building in Dee Why, a suburb of Sydney, Australia. It stands in the centre of Dee Why, along Pittwater Road. Designed in the Brutalist style by Colin Madigan and Christopher Kringas, it replaced the Warringah Shire Hall, a 1923 Neo-Georgian building also on Pittwater Road but in Brookvale opposite Brookvale Oval. The Civic Centre was the seat of Warringah Council from its opening on 1 September 1973 to 12 May 2016, when it became one of the seats of the new Northern Beaches Council.Shire HallWhen Warringah Shire Council was formed in 1906, the Council first met in the Narrabeen Progress Hall on 14 June 1906, before moving to Brookvale. From March 1907 the Council leased "Smith's Hall" (later to be known as "Empire Hall") in West Street, Brookvale from Mr W. Smith to act as their council chambers. On 26 February 1910, a more permanent chambers was built on Pittwater Road, facing the land that would soon become Brookvale Oval. The opening was conducted by Shire President Alexander Ralston and was attended by Dr. Richard Arthur, Member for Middle Harbour. This first Council Chambers was a small Federation bungalow style building which served both as council offices and the Shire Clerk's residence.