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list of tall 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

color codes
  later reconstructed      later demolished

# name city height usage year
1 Royal Liver Building Liverpool 104 office 1911
2 Victoria Tower London 99 storage 1860
3 Siemensturm Berlin 71 office 1918
4 Hansahochhaus Cologne 65 office 1925
5 Ginzburg House   Kyiv 63 residential 1912
6 Södra Kungstornet Stockholm 61 office 1924
7 Behrensbau Berlin 60 office 1917
8 Borsigturm Berlin 60 office 1924
8 Norra Kungstornet Stockholm 60 office 1924
10 Sankt Erikspalatset Stockholm 58 residential / office 1910
11 De Inktpot Utrecht 58 office 1921
12 Rathaus Augsburg 57 city hall 1624
13 Midland Grand Hotel London 57 hotel 1873
14 Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh 56 hotel 1902
15 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 office 1924
16 Polska Akcyjna Spółka Telefoniczna Warsaw 52 office 1910
17 68 King William Street London 51 office 1922
18 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 office 1924
19 Mathematische Turm Kremsmünster 49 observatory / museum 1758
20 Queen Anne's Mansions   London 49 residential 1890
21 Philips Lichttoren Eindhoven 48 office 1921
22 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 office 1923
23 Strand Hotel Stockholm 47 hotel 1912
24 Sjömansinstitutet Stockholm 47 office 1914
25 Bau 15 Jena 47 office 1915
26 Tower Building Liverpool 46 office 1908
27 Yusuf Ziya Pasha Mansion Istanbul 46 residential 1911
28 Fairy-Tale House   Saint Petersburg 45 residential 1909
29 Edificio Metrópolis Madrid 45 office 1911
30 The Langham London 44 hotel 1865
31 Grattacieli Gemelli 1 Milan 43 residential 1923
31 Grattacieli Gemelli 2 Milan 43 residential 1923
33 Adelaide House London 43 office 1925
34 City Chambers Edinburgh 42 office 1760
35 Witte Huis Rotterdam 42 office 1898
36 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 office 1925
37 Nirnsee House Moscow 41 residential 1915
38 Edificio del Banco Pastor en La Coruña La Coruña 41 office 1925
39 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 office 1909
40 Beyer-Bau Dresden 40 observatorium 1913
41 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 office 1925
41 Mosselprom House Moscow 40 residential 1925
- Gebouw Astoria Amsterdam 37 office 1905
- Hotel Savoy Łódź 37 hotel 1911
- Lietuvos geležinkeliai Vilnius 36 office 1903
- Market Street storehouse Dublin 36 storage 1904
- Afremov House Moscow 35 residential 1905
- De Utrecht Amsterdam 35 office 1906
- The Yellow Building Sofia 35 office 1914
- Galeries Lafayette Lyon 35 retail 1925
- Immeuble Cateland Lyon 31 residential 1911
- Trinity Compound on Ilyinka Moscow 30 residential 1876
- Casa Lancia   Milan 30 office 1907
- Tour Chicago Paris 30 storage 1912
- Industriehaus Düsseldorf 30 office 1923
- Prinz-Georg-Straße 100 Düsseldorf 29 residential 1925
- 48 Rue de Valois Paris 26 hotel / residential 1781
- Oriel Chambers Liverpool 21 office 1864
- Ditherington Flax Mill Shrewsbury 17 factory 1797