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list of tall office buildings in 1934



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 Torre Littoria Turin 85 1934
5 Ullsteinhaus Berlin 83 1927
6 Országos Társadalombiztosító Intézet Budapest 73 1931
7 Siemensturm Berlin 71 1918
8 Prudential House Warsaw 69 1933
9 Hansahochhaus Cologne 65 1925
10 Derzhprom Kharkiv 63 1928
11 Edificio La Unión and Fénix Español Madrid 62 1931
12 Södra Kungstornet Stockholm 61 1924
13 Tagblatt-Turm Stuttgart 61 1928
14 Shell Mex House London 61 1932
15 Behrensbau Berlin 60 1917
16 Borsigturm Berlin 60 1924
16 Norra Kungstornet Stockholm 60 1924
18 Palacio de la Prensa Madrid 60 1929
19 De Inktpot Utrecht 58 1921
20 Opelturm Rüsselsheim 58 1929
21 Wernerwerk-Hochhaus Berlin 57 1930
22 Torrione INA Brescia 57 1932
23 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 1924
24 Europahaus Leipzig 56 1929
24 Otterhall Gothenburg 56 1929
26 Deutschnationalen Handlungsgehilfen-Verband Hamburg 55 1931
26 GEB-toren Rotterdam 55 1931
28 Bel-Air-Turm Lausanne 55 1932
29 55 Broadway London 54 1929
30 Palatul Telefoanelor Bucharest 53 1934
31 Polska Akcyjna Spółka Telefoniczna Warsaw 52 1910
32 Sunlight House Manchester 52 1932
33 68 King William Street London 51 1922
34 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 1924
35 Anzeiger-Hochhaus Hanover 51 1928
36 Europahaus Berlin 51 1931
37 India Buildings Liverpool 50 1932
38 Philips Lichttoren Eindhoven 48 1921
39 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 1923
40 Kathreiner-Haus Berlin 48 1930
41 Torre Palazzo Municipale La Spezia 48 1933
42 Sjömansinstitutet Stockholm 47 1914
43 Bau 15 Jena 47 1915
44 Palác Všeobecného penzijního ústavu Prague 47 1934
45 Tower Building Liverpool 46 1908
46 Städtisches Hochhaus Munich 46 1929
47 Edificio Metrópolis Madrid 45 1911
48 Postscheckamt Breslau 45 1929
49 Faber-Hochhaus Magdeburg 45 1932
50 Správní budova Spolchemie Usti nad Labem 44 1930
50 Zentrale der Konsumgenossenschaft Vorwärts-Befreiung Wuppertal 44 1930
52 Adelaide House London 43 1925
53 Kraftwerk Klingenberg Berlin 43 1926
54 Krochhochhaus Leipzig 43 1929
55 City Chambers Edinburgh 42 1760
56 Witte Huis Rotterdam 42 1898
57 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 1925
58 Westfalenhaus Dortmund 42 1928
59 Edificio del Banco Pastor en La Coruña La Coruña 41 1925
60 Städtische Sparkasse Breslau 41 1931
61 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 1909
62 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 1925
63 Knorr-Bremse Gebäude Berlin 40 1927
64 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