europe / originals

list of tall buildings in 1909



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 Victoria Tower London 99 storage 1860
2 Rathaus Augsburg 57 city hall 1624
3 Midland Grand Hotel London 57 hotel 1873
4 Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh 56 hotel 1902
5 Mathematische Turm Kremsmünster 49 observatory / museum 1758
6 Queen Anne's Mansions   London 49 residential 1890
7 Tower Building Liverpool 46 office 1908
8 Fairy-Tale House   Saint Petersburg 45 residential 1909
9 The Langham London 44 hotel 1865
10 City Chambers Edinburgh 42 office 1760
11 Witte Huis Rotterdam 42 office 1898
12 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 office 1909
- Gebouw Astoria Amsterdam 37 office 1905
- 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
- Trinity Compound on Ilyinka Moscow 30 residential 1876
- Casa Lancia   Milan 30 office 1907
- 48 Rue de Valois Paris 26 hotel / residential 1781
- Oriel Chambers Liverpool 21 office 1864
- Ditherington Flax Mill Shrewsbury 17 factory 1797