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list of tall office buildings in 1930



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 Edificio Telefónica Madrid 89 1929
3 Ullsteinhaus Berlin 83 1927
4 Siemensturm Berlin 71 1918
5 Hansahochhaus Cologne 65 1925
6 Derzhprom Kharkiv 63 1928
7 Södra Kungstornet Stockholm 61 1924
8 Tagblatt-Turm Stuttgart 61 1928
9 Behrensbau Berlin 60 1917
10 Borsigturm Berlin 60 1924
10 Norra Kungstornet Stockholm 60 1924
12 Palacio de la Prensa Madrid 60 1929
13 De Inktpot Utrecht 58 1921
14 Opelturm Rüsselsheim 58 1929
15 Wernerwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 57 1930
16 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 1924
17 Europahaus Leipzig 56 1929
17 Otterhall Gothenburg 56 1929
19 55 Broadway London 54 1929
20 Polska Akcyjna Spółka Telefoniczna Warsaw 52 1910
21 68 King William Street London 51 1922
22 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 1924
23 Anzeiger-Hochhaus Hanover 51 1928
24 Philips Lichttoren Eindhoven 48 1921
25 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 1923
26 Kathreiner-Haus Berlin 48 1930
27 Sjömansinstitutet Stockholm 47 1914
28 Bau 15 Jena 47 1915
29 Tower Building Liverpool 46 1908
30 Städtisches Hochhaus Munich 46 1929
31 Edificio Metrópolis Madrid 45 1911
32 Postscheckamt Breslau 45 1929
33 Správní budova Spolchemie Usti nad Labem 44 1930
33 Zentrale der Konsumgenossenschaft Vorwärts-Befreiung Wuppertal 44 1930
35 Adelaide House London 43 1925
36 Kraftwerk Klingenberg Berlin 43 1926
37 Krochhochhaus Leipzig 43 1929
38 City Chambers Edinburgh 42 1760
39 Witte Huis Rotterdam 42 1898
40 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 1925
41 Westfalenhaus Dortmund 42 1928
42 Edificio del Banco Pastor en La Coruña La Coruña 41 1925
43 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 1909
44 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 1925
45 Knorr-Bremse Gebäude Berlin 40 1927
46 Haus Grenzwacht Aachen 40 1929
- Deutschlandhaus Essen 39 1929
- Palazzo Aedes Trieste 38 1928
- Gebouw Astoria Amsterdam 37 1905
- Hochhaus am Albertplatz Dresden 37 1929
- Lietuvos geležinkeliai Vilnius 36 1903
- Handelshof Gera 36 1929
- De Utrecht Amsterdam 35 1906
- The Yellow Building Sofia 35 1914
- Mittnachtbau Stuttgart 35 1928
- Capitol-Hochhaus Hanover 35 1930
- Ämterhochhaus Würzburg 33 1930
- Casa Lancia   Milan 30 1907
- Industriehaus Düsseldorf 30 1923
- Karl-Bröger-Haus Nuremberg 27 1930
- Oriel Chambers Liverpool 21 1864