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list of tall buildings in 1933



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 usage year
1 Royal Liver Building Liverpool 104 office 1911
2 Victoria Tower London 99 storage 1860
3 Edificio Telefónica Madrid 89 office 1929
4 Boerentoren Antwerp 88 office 1931
5 Ullsteinhaus Berlin 83 office 1927
6 Országos Társadalombiztosító Intézet Budapest 73 office 1931
7 Siemensturm Berlin 71 office 1918
8 Hotel Torni Helsinki 70 hotel 1931
9 Nebotičnik Ljubljana 70 residential / office 1933
10 Prudential House Warsaw 69 office 1933
11 Círculo de Bellas Artes Madrid 67 cultural 1926
12 Hansahochhaus Cologne 65 office 1925
13 Ginzburg House   Kyiv 63 residential 1912
14 Derzhprom Kharkiv 63 office 1928
15 Edificio La Unión and Fénix Español Madrid 62 office 1931
15 Edificio Los Sótanos Valencia 62 residential 1931
17 Södra Kungstornet Stockholm 61 office 1924
18 Tagblatt-Turm Stuttgart 61 office 1928
19 Shell Mex House London 61 office 1932
20 Behrensbau Berlin 60 office 1917
21 Borsigturm Berlin 60 office 1924
21 Norra Kungstornet Stockholm 60 office 1924
23 Palacio de la Prensa Madrid 60 office 1929
24 Kharkiv National University Kharkiv 60 education 1932
25 Torre Duchi D'Aosta Sestriere 60 hotel 1933
26 Sankt Erikspalatset Stockholm 58 residential / office 1910
27 De Inktpot Utrecht 58 office 1921
28 Opelturm Rüsselsheim 58 office 1929
29 Sportpalatset Stockholm 58 residential / sports 1930
30 Rathaus Augsburg 57 city hall 1624
31 Midland Grand Hotel London 57 hotel 1873
32 Wernerwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 57 office 1930
33 Torrione INA Brescia 57 office 1932
34 Balmoral Hotel Edinburgh 56 hotel 1902
35 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 office 1924
36 Europahaus Leipzig 56 office 1929
36 Otterhall Gothenburg 56 office 1929
38 Edificio Carrión Madrid 56 residential / hotel 1933
39 Deutschnationalen Handlungsgehilfen-Verband Hamburg 55 office 1931
39 GEB-toren Rotterdam 55 office 1931
41 Bel-Air-Turm Lausanne 55 office 1932
42 55 Broadway London 54 office 1929
43 Polska Akcyjna Spółka Telefoniczna Warsaw 52 office 1910
44 Sunlight House Manchester 52 office 1932
45 Hochhaus Herrengasse Vienna 52 residential 1933
45 Torre Balilla Massa 52 hotel 1933
47 68 King William Street London 51 office 1922
48 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 office 1924
49 Anzeiger-Hochhaus Hanover 51 office 1928
50 Europahaus Berlin 51 office 1931
51 India Buildings Liverpool 50 office 1932
52 Mathematische Turm Kremsmünster 49 observatory / museum 1758
53 Queen Anne's Mansions   London 49 residential 1890
54 Philips Lichttoren Eindhoven 48 office 1921
55 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 office 1923
56 Hotel Century Antwerp 48 hotel / retail 1930
56 Kathreiner-Haus Berlin 48 office 1930
58 Torre Palazzo Municipale La Spezia 48 office 1933
59 Strand Hotel Stockholm 47 hotel 1912
60 Sjömansinstitutet Stockholm 47 office 1914
61 Bau 15 Jena 47 office 1915
62 Siemens Schaltwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 47 factory 1928
63 Le Saillant de l'Yser Brussels 47 residential 1930
64 12-verdiepingenhuis Amsterdam 47 residential 1932
65 Tower Building Liverpool 46 office 1908
66 Yusuf Ziya Pasha Mansion Istanbul 46 residential 1911
67 Städtisches Hochhaus Munich 46 office 1929
68 Albergo a Torre Sestriere 46 hotel 1932
69 Fairy-Tale House   Saint Petersburg 45 residential 1909
70 Edificio Metrópolis Madrid 45 office 1911
71 Postscheckamt Breslau 45 office 1929
72 Residenza Bertola Turin 45 residential 1930
73 House on the Embankment Moscow 45 residential 1931
74 Faber-Hochhaus Magdeburg 45 office 1932
75 The Langham London 44 hotel 1865
76 Správní budova Spolchemie Usti nad Labem 44 office 1930
76 Zentrale der Konsumgenossenschaft Vorwärts-Befreiung Wuppertal 44 office 1930
78 Grattacieli Gemelli 1 Milan 43 residential 1923
78 Grattacieli Gemelli 2 Milan 43 residential 1923
80 Adelaide House London 43 office 1925
81 Kraftwerk Klingenberg Berlin 43 office 1926
82 Grattacielo di via Vittorio Veneto La Spezia 43 residential 1927
83 Krochhochhaus Leipzig 43 office 1929
84 City Chambers Edinburgh 42 office 1760
85 Witte Huis Rotterdam 42 office 1898
86 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 office 1925
87 Wasserturm des Dortmunder Südbahnhofs Dortmund 42 water tower / residential 1927
88 Westfalenhaus Dortmund 42 office 1928
89 Flatbuilding Willemspark The Hague 42 residential 1931
90 Nirnsee House Moscow 41 residential 1915
91 Edificio del Banco Pastor en La Coruña La Coruña 41 office 1925
92 Städtische Sparkasse Breslau 41 office 1931
93 Rascacielos de Collblanc L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 41 residential 1932
94 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 office 1909
95 Beyer-Bau Dresden 40 observatorium 1913
96 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 office 1925
96 Mosselprom House Moscow 40 residential 1925
98 Knorr-Bremse Gebäude Berlin 40 office 1927
99 Haus Grenzwacht Aachen 40 office 1929
99 Otto-Moericke-Turm Konstanz 40 hotel 1929
101 Bamberger-Haus Bremen 40 retail 1931
101 Van Nelle Rotterdam 40 factory 1931
103 Columbushaus   Berlin 40 office / retail 1932
- Deutschlandhaus Essen 39 office 1929
- Budynek Feniksa Kraków 39 residential / office 1933
- Palazzo Aedes Trieste 38 office 1928
- Haus Rheinpark 1 Düsseldorf 38 residential 1929
- Haus Rheinpark 2 Düsseldorf 38 residential 1929
- Candida Amsterdam 38 office 1932
- Gebouw Astoria Amsterdam 37 office 1905
- Hotel Savoy Łódź 37 hotel 1911
- Hochhaus am Albertplatz Dresden 37 office 1929
- Reichsversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte Berlin 37 cultural 1930
- Shell-Haus Berlin 37 office 1932
- Lietuvos geležinkeliai Vilnius 36 office 1903
- Market Street storehouse Dublin 36 storage 1904
- Handelshof Gera 36 office 1929
- Afremov House Moscow 35 residential 1905
- De Utrecht Amsterdam 35 office 1906
- The Yellow Building Sofia 35 office 1914
- Galeries Lafayette Lyon 35 retail 1925
- Mittnachtbau Stuttgart 35 office 1928
- Capitol-Hochhaus Hanover 35 office 1930
- Palazzo dei Sindacati dell'Industria Milan 35 office 1933
- Hotel Admiralspalast Zabrze 33 hotel 1927
- Ämterhochhaus Würzburg 33 office 1930
- Gewerkschaftshaus Frankfurt am Main 33 office 1931
- Palais du Congo Brussels 32 residential 1930
- Immeuble Cateland Lyon 31 residential 1911
- Hochhaus Glückauf Hanover 31 residential 1927
- Trinity Compound on Ilyinka Moscow 30 residential 1876
- Casa Lancia   Milan 30 office 1907
- Tour Chicago Paris 30 storage 1912
- Industriehaus Düsseldorf 30 office 1923
- Flatgebouw Parklaan Rotterdam 30 residential 1933
- Prinz-Georg-Straße 100 Düsseldorf 29 residential 1925
- Stadtbibliothek Hanover 29 library 1931
- Mathenesserplein Rotterdam 28 residential 1929
- Karl-Bröger-Haus Nuremberg 27 office 1930
- 48 Rue de Valois Paris 26 hotel / residential 1781
- Nirwanaflat The Hague 25 residential 1929
- Kant-Garagen Berlin 24 car park 1930
- Oriel Chambers Liverpool 21 office 1864
- Ditherington Flax Mill Shrewsbury 17 factory 1797