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images of tall residential buildings in 1925



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

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1.   Ginzburg House
Kyiv • UA • 63 m • 1912 - 1941
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2.   Queen Anne's Mansions
London • GB • 49 m • 1890 - 1971

RIBApix
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3. Yusuf Ziya Pasha Mansion
Istanbul • TR • 46 m • 1911
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4.   Fairy-Tale House
Saint Petersburg • RU • 45 m • 1909 - 1942
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5. Grattacieli Gemelli 1
Milan • IT • 43 m • 1923
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5. Grattacieli Gemelli 2
Milan • IT • 43 m • 1923
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7. Nirnsee House
Moscow • RU • 41 m • 1915
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8. Mosselprom House
Moscow • RU • 40 m • 1925

Gennady Grachev via Wikimedia Commons
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Afremov House
Moscow • RU • 35 m • 1905

Bogunilia via Wikimedia Commons
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Immeuble Cateland
Lyon • FR • 31 m • 1911
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Trinity Compound on Ilyinka
Moscow • RU • 30 m • 1876

Bogunilia via Wikimedia Commons
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Prinz-Georg-Straße 100
Düsseldorf • DE • 29 m • 1925