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list of tall office 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
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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 Prudential House Warsaw 69 1933
8 Hansahochhaus Cologne 65 1925
9 Derzhprom Kharkiv 63 1928
10 Edificio La Unión and Fénix Español Madrid 62 1931
11 Södra Kungstornet Stockholm 61 1924
12 Tagblatt-Turm Stuttgart 61 1928
13 Shell Mex House London 61 1932
14 Behrensbau Berlin 60 1917
15 Borsigturm Berlin 60 1924
15 Norra Kungstornet Stockholm 60 1924
17 Palacio de la Prensa Madrid 60 1929
18 De Inktpot Utrecht 58 1921
19 Opelturm Rüsselsheim 58 1929
20 Wernerwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 57 1930
21 Torrione INA Brescia 57 1932
22 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 1924
23 Europahaus Leipzig 56 1929
23 Otterhall Gothenburg 56 1929
25 Deutschnationalen Handlungsgehilfen-Verband Hamburg 55 1931
25 GEB-toren Rotterdam 55 1931
27 Bel-Air-Turm Lausanne 55 1932
28 55 Broadway London 54 1929
29 Polska Akcyjna Spółka Telefoniczna Warsaw 52 1910
30 Sunlight House Manchester 52 1932
31 68 King William Street London 51 1922
32 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 1924
33 Anzeiger-Hochhaus Hanover 51 1928
34 Europahaus Berlin 51 1931
35 India Buildings Liverpool 50 1932
36 Philips Lichttoren Eindhoven 48 1921
37 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 1923
38 Kathreiner-Haus Berlin 48 1930
39 Torre Palazzo Municipale La Spezia 48 1933
40 Sjömansinstitutet Stockholm 47 1914
41 Bau 15 Jena 47 1915
42 Tower Building Liverpool 46 1908
43 Städtisches Hochhaus Munich 46 1929
44 Edificio Metrópolis Madrid 45 1911
45 Postscheckamt Breslau 45 1929
46 Faber-Hochhaus Magdeburg 45 1932
47 Správní budova Spolchemie Usti nad Labem 44 1930
47 Zentrale der Konsumgenossenschaft Vorwärts-Befreiung Wuppertal 44 1930
49 Adelaide House London 43 1925
50 Kraftwerk Klingenberg Berlin 43 1926
51 Krochhochhaus Leipzig 43 1929
52 City Chambers Edinburgh 42 1760
53 Witte Huis Rotterdam 42 1898
54 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 1925
55 Westfalenhaus Dortmund 42 1928
56 Edificio del Banco Pastor en La Coruña La Coruña 41 1925
57 Städtische Sparkasse Breslau 41 1931
58 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 1909
59 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 1925
60 Knorr-Bremse Gebäude Berlin 40 1927
61 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
- Palazzo dei Sindacati dell'Industria Milan 35 1933
- 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