It was designed by architect Raymond Moriyama during the development of Scarborough City Centre and initially opened as the city hall of the former borough of Scarborough by then mayor Albert Campbell and Queen Elizabeth II in 1973.

It is also home to the Scarborough Community Council and offices of the Toronto District School Board.

The building is unique for the juxtaposition of two triangular-shaped, multiple split-level towers, which surround an open central area in the interior.

[1] Gord Smith's Icarus portrays bronze folds assembled together to represent a pair of outstretched wings.

Inside the main hall is a rising series of polished metal unfolding tetrahedrons resembling birds rising toward the ceiling from the main-floor-level pond, designed by Toronto artist James Sutherland in 1972.