The interior of the city hall was renovated and the main entrance was enhanced with a large arch.

During the renovation in the 1990s a garden was established by the entrance, named for the women's rights activist Mathilde Fibiger.

[3] Inspired by the psychiatric hospital Jydske Asyl in Risskov by Michael Gottlieb Bindesbøll, it reflects Thieleman's interest in Empire style and Neoclassical architecture.

[4] The building is built of red brick with horizontal bands of cement and granite ashlar in the corners.

The ridged roof is covered in winged brick tile, broken only by two small dormer windows.

The foyer features large granite columns under a painted strip waffle slab ceiling.