düsseldorf / originals

list of tall buildings in 1945



this collection includes buildings of least 40 meters tall that were completed before 1945. Buildings that are shorter than 40 meters but possess skyscraperesque features are included in this list, though they are not ranked

giraffes
during this period, a significant number of 'giraffe' buildings were constructed. A giraffe is defined as a low-rise building with a tower integrated into its design. To qualify for inclusion in this collection, the tower section must have habitable floors occupying more than fifty percent of its total height

color codes
  later reconstructed      later demolished

# name height usage year
1 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus 56 office 1924
2 Stummhaus 42 office 1925
- Haus Rheinpark 1 38 residential 1929
- Haus Rheinpark 2 38 residential 1929
- Industriehaus 30 office 1923
- Prinz-Georg-Straße 100 29 residential 1925