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list of tall office 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
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# name city height year
1 Royal Liver Building Liverpool 104 1911
2 Edificio Telefónica Madrid 89 1929
3 Boerentoren Antwerp 88 1931
4 Ullsteinhaus Berlin 83 1927
5 Országos Társadalombiztosító Intézet Budapest 73 1931
6 Siemensturm Berlin 71 1918
7 Hansahochhaus Cologne 65 1925
8 Derzhprom Kharkiv 63 1928
9 Edificio La Unión and Fénix Español Madrid 62 1931
10 Södra Kungstornet Stockholm 61 1924
11 Tagblatt-Turm Stuttgart 61 1928
12 Shell Mex House London 61 1932
13 Behrensbau Berlin 60 1917
14 Borsigturm Berlin 60 1924
14 Norra Kungstornet Stockholm 60 1924
16 Palacio de la Prensa Madrid 60 1929
17 De Inktpot Utrecht 58 1921
18 Opelturm Rüsselsheim 58 1929
19 Wernerwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 57 1930
20 Torrione INA Brescia 57 1932
21 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 1924
22 Europahaus Leipzig 56 1929
22 Otterhall Gothenburg 56 1929
24 Deutschnationalen Handlungsgehilfen-Verband Hamburg 55 1931
24 GEB-toren Rotterdam 55 1931
26 Bel-Air-Turm Lausanne 55 1932
27 55 Broadway London 54 1929
28 Polska Akcyjna Spółka Telefoniczna Warsaw 52 1910
29 Sunlight House Manchester 52 1932
30 68 King William Street London 51 1922
31 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 1924
32 Anzeiger-Hochhaus Hanover 51 1928
33 Europahaus Berlin 51 1931
34 India Buildings Liverpool 50 1932
35 Philips Lichttoren Eindhoven 48 1921
36 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 1923
37 Kathreiner-Haus Berlin 48 1930
38 Sjömansinstitutet Stockholm 47 1914
39 Bau 15 Jena 47 1915
40 Tower Building Liverpool 46 1908
41 Städtisches Hochhaus Munich 46 1929
42 Edificio Metrópolis Madrid 45 1911
43 Postscheckamt Breslau 45 1929
44 Faber-Hochhaus Magdeburg 45 1932
45 Správní budova Spolchemie Usti nad Labem 44 1930
45 Zentrale der Konsumgenossenschaft Vorwärts-Befreiung Wuppertal 44 1930
47 Adelaide House London 43 1925
48 Kraftwerk Klingenberg Berlin 43 1926
49 Krochhochhaus Leipzig 43 1929
50 City Chambers Edinburgh 42 1760
51 Witte Huis Rotterdam 42 1898
52 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 1925
53 Westfalenhaus Dortmund 42 1928
54 Edificio del Banco Pastor en La Coruña La Coruña 41 1925
55 Städtische Sparkasse Breslau 41 1931
56 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 1909
57 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 1925
58 Knorr-Bremse Gebäude Berlin 40 1927
59 Haus Grenzwacht Aachen 40 1929
- Deutschlandhaus Essen 39 1929
- Palazzo Aedes Trieste 38 1928
- Candida Amsterdam 38 1932
- Gebouw Astoria Amsterdam 37 1905
- Hochhaus am Albertplatz Dresden 37 1929
- Shell-Haus Berlin 37 1932
- 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
- Gewerkschaftshaus Frankfurt am Main 33 1931
- Casa Lancia   Milan 30 1907
- Industriehaus Düsseldorf 30 1923
- Karl-Bröger-Haus Nuremberg 27 1930
- Oriel Chambers Liverpool 21 1864