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list of tall residential buildings in 1939



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 Torre Locatelli Milan 67 1939
2 Ginzburg House   Kyiv 63 1912
3 Edificio Los Sótanos Valencia 62 1931
4 Gratte Ciel Est Villeurbanne 61 1934
4 Gratte Ciel Ouest Villeurbanne 61 1934
6 Résidence de la Cambre Brussels 61 1937
7 Tour Albert Brussels 56 1937
7 Tour Léopold Brussels 56 1937
9 Les Pavillons français Brussels 55 1934
10 Drapacz Chmur Katowice 53 1934
11 Àrbori Palace Fiume 53 1939
12 Hochhaus Herrengasse Vienna 52 1933
13 Palazzo Lancia Bologna 50 1937
14 Queen Anne's Mansions   London 49 1890
15 Le Saillant de l'Yser Brussels 47 1930
16 12-verdiepingenhuis Amsterdam 47 1932
17 Casa Alta Trieste 47 1937
18 Yusuf Ziya Pasha Mansion Istanbul 46 1911
19 Fairy-Tale House   Saint Petersburg 45 1909
20 Residenza Bertola Turin 45 1930
21 House on the Embankment Moscow 45 1931
22 Obchodný a obytný dom Manderla Bratislava 45 1935
23 Casa della Fontana Milan 44 1936
24 Grattacieli Gemelli 1 Milan 43 1923
24 Grattacieli Gemelli 2 Milan 43 1923
26 Grattacielo di via Vittorio Veneto La Spezia 43 1927
27 Ungerpleinflat Rotterdam 43 1934
28 Palazza Moderno Bologna 43 1935
29 Mali Neboder Fiume 43 1939
30 Flatbuilding Willemspark The Hague 42 1931
31 Palazzi Federici Rome 42 1937
32 Nirnsee House Moscow 41 1915
33 Rascacielos de Collblanc L'Hospitalet de Llobregat 41 1932
34 Mosselprom House Moscow 40 1925
- Haus Rheinpark 1 Düsseldorf 38 1929
- Haus Rheinpark 2 Düsseldorf 38 1929
- Afremov House Moscow 35 1905
- Résidence Ernestine Brussels 35 1936
- 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
- Bergpolderflat Rotterdam 27 1934
- Nirwanaflat The Hague 25 1929