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list of tall residential 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 year
1 Ginzburg House   Kyiv 63 1912
2 Edificio Los Sótanos Valencia 62 1931
3 Hochhaus Herrengasse Vienna 52 1933
4 Queen Anne's Mansions   London 49 1890
5 Le Saillant de l'Yser Brussels 47 1930
6 12-verdiepingenhuis Amsterdam 47 1932
7 Yusuf Ziya Pasha Mansion Istanbul 46 1911
8 Fairy-Tale House   Saint Petersburg 45 1909
9 Residenza Bertola Turin 45 1930
10 House on the Embankment Moscow 45 1931
11 Grattacieli Gemelli 1 Milan 43 1923
11 Grattacieli Gemelli 2 Milan 43 1923
13 Grattacielo di via Vittorio Veneto La Spezia 43 1927
14 Flatbuilding Willemspark The Hague 42 1931
15 Nirnsee House Moscow 41 1915
16 Rascacielos de Collblanc L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 41 1932
17 Mosselprom House Moscow 40 1925
- Haus Rheinpark 1 Düsseldorf 38 1929
- Haus Rheinpark 2 Düsseldorf 38 1929
- Afremov House Moscow 35 1905
- Palais du Congo Brussels 32 1930
- Immeuble Cateland Lyon 31 1911
- Hochhaus Glückauf Hanover 31 1927
- Trinity Compound on Ilyinka Moscow 30 1876
- Flatgebouw Parklaan Rotterdam 30 1933
- Prinz-Georg-Straße 100 Düsseldorf 29 1925
- Mathenesserplein Rotterdam 28 1929
- Nirwanaflat The Hague 25 1929