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list of tall residential buildings in 1929

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	Ginzburg House	Kyiv	63	1912
2	Queen Anne's Mansions	London	49	1890
3	Yusuf Ziya Pasha Mansion	Istanbul	46	1911
4	Fairy-Tale House	Saint Petersburg	45	1909
5	Grattacieli Gemelli 1	Milan	43	1923
5	Grattacieli Gemelli 2	Milan	43	1923
7	Grattacielo di via Vittorio Veneto	La Spezia	43	1927
8	Nirnsee House	Moscow	41	1915
9	Mosselprom House	Moscow	40	1925
-	Haus Rheinpark 1	Düsseldorf	38	1929
-	Haus Rheinpark 2	Düsseldorf	38	1929
-	Afremov House	Moscow	35	1905
-	Immeuble Cateland	Lyon	31	1911
-	Hochhaus Glückauf	Hanover	31	1927
-	Trinity Compound on Ilyinka	Moscow	30	1876
-	Prinz-Georg-Straße 100	Düsseldorf	29	1925
-	Mathenesserplein	Rotterdam	28	1929
-	Nirwanaflat	The Hague	25	1929