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list of tall hotel buildings in 1932



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 Hotel Torni Helsinki 70 1931
2 Midland Grand Hotel London 57 1873
3 Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh 56 1902
4 Strand Hotel Stockholm 47 1912
5 Albergo a Torre Sestriere 46 1932
6 The Langham London 44 1865
7 Otto-Moericke-Turm Konstanz 40 1929
- Hotel Savoy Łódź 37 1911
- Hotel Admiralspalast Zabrze 33 1927