Warringah Civic Centre

Warringah Civic Centre
Front facade and entrance
Former names	Warringah Shire Civic Centre, Warringah Shire Hall
General information
Type	Government town hall
Architectural style	Brutalist style
Address	Pittwater Road
Town or city	Dee Why, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Construction started	1971
Completed	1 September 1973
Client	Warringah Shire Council
Owner	Northern Beaches Council (current)
Design and construction
Architect	Colin Madigan and Christopher Kringas
Architecture firm	Edwards, Madigan, Torzillo and Briggs
Main contractor	Dowsett Engineering (Aust) Pty. Ltd.

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.

When 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.

In July 1912 the council commissioned architect James Campbell to design and build a larger Shire Hall, also in the Federation style, next to the council chambers building for the sum of £945. On 16 November 1912 the Shire Hall was officially opened by Shire President William Hews, with speeches on the occasion from Sir Granville Ryrie (Federal Member for Warringah), Dr. Richard Arthur MLA and Alderman Ellison Quirk.