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list of tall office buildings in 1927



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 year
1 Royal Liver Building Liverpool 104 1911
2 Ullsteinhaus Berlin 83 1927
3 Siemensturm Berlin 71 1918
4 Hansahochhaus Cologne 65 1925
5 Södra Kungstornet Stockholm 61 1924
6 Behrensbau Berlin 60 1917
7 Borsigturm Berlin 60 1924
7 Norra Kungstornet Stockholm 60 1924
9 De Inktpot Utrecht 58 1921
10 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 1924
11 Polska Akcyjna Spółka Telefoniczna Warsaw 52 1910
12 68 King William Street London 51 1922
13 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 1924
14 Philips Lichttoren Eindhoven 48 1921
15 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 1923
16 Sjömansinstitutet Stockholm 47 1914
17 Bau 15 Jena 47 1915
18 Tower Building Liverpool 46 1908
19 Edificio Metrópolis Madrid 45 1911
20 Adelaide House London 43 1925
21 Kraftwerk Klingenberg Berlin 43 1926
22 City Chambers Edinburgh 42 1760
23 Witte Huis Rotterdam 42 1898
24 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 1925
25 Edificio del Banco Pastor en La Coruña La Coruña 41 1925
26 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 1909
27 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 1925
28 Knorr-Bremse Gebäude Berlin 40 1927
- Gebouw Astoria Amsterdam 37 1905
- Lietuvos geležinkeliai Vilnius 36 1903
- De Utrecht Amsterdam 35 1906
- The Yellow Building Sofia 35 1914
- Casa Lancia   Milan 30 1907
- Industriehaus Düsseldorf 30 1923
- Oriel Chambers Liverpool 21 1864