▁attra ctions . ▁ ▁Site ▁and ▁construction ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 7 ▁the ▁city ▁council ▁decided ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁new ▁city ▁hall ▁at ▁the ▁former ▁site ▁of ▁E ld k var n . ▁An ▁architect ural ▁contest ▁was ▁held ▁which ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁stage ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁selection ▁of ▁draft s ▁by ▁R agn ar ▁Ö st berg , ▁Carl ▁West man , ▁I var ▁T eng b om ▁joint ly ▁with ▁Ernst ▁Tor ulf , ▁and ▁Carl ▁Berg sten . ▁After ▁a ▁further ▁competition ▁between ▁West man ▁and ▁Ö st berg ▁the ▁latter ▁was ▁assigned ▁to ▁the ▁construction ▁of ▁the ▁City ▁Hall , ▁while ▁the ▁former ▁was ▁asked ▁to ▁construct ▁Stockholm ▁Court ▁House . ▁Ö st berg ▁modified ▁his ▁original ▁draft ▁using ▁elements ▁of ▁West man ' s ▁project , ▁including ▁the ▁tower . ▁During ▁the ▁construction ▁period , ▁Ö st berg ▁constantly ▁re work ed ▁his ▁plans , ▁resulting ▁in ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁the ▁lan tern ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁tower , ▁and ▁the ▁abandon ment ▁of ▁the ▁blue ▁gla zed ▁t iles ▁for ▁the ▁Blue ▁Hall . ▁ ▁O sk ar ▁Ask er ▁was ▁employed ▁as ▁construction ▁leader ▁and ▁Paul ▁T oll , ▁of ▁the ▁construction ▁company ▁Kre ug er ▁& ▁T oll , ▁designed ▁the ▁found ations . ▁Georg ▁Gre ve ▁also ▁assist ed ▁in ▁prepar ing ▁the ▁plans . ▁The ▁construction ▁took ▁twelve ▁years , ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 1 ▁to ▁ 1 9 2 3 . ▁Near ly ▁eight ▁million ▁red ▁br icks ▁were ▁used