germany / originals

list of tall buildings in 1927



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 Ullsteinhaus Berlin 83 office 1927
2 Siemensturm Berlin 71 office 1918
3 Hansahochhaus Cologne 65 office 1925
4 Behrensbau Berlin 60 office 1917
5 Borsigturm Berlin 60 office 1924
6 Rathaus Augsburg 57 city hall 1624
7 Wilhelm-Marx-Haus Düsseldorf 56 office 1924
8 Ballinhaus Hamburg 51 office 1924
9 Ernemann-Turm Dresden 48 office 1923
10 Bau 15 Jena 47 office 1915
11 Kraftwerk Klingenberg Berlin 43 office 1926
12 Stummhaus Düsseldorf 42 office 1925
13 Wasserturm des Dortmunder Südbahnhofs Dortmund 42 water tower / residential 1927
14 Narva-Turm Berlin 40 office 1909
15 Beyer-Bau Dresden 40 observatorium 1913
16 Cammann-Hochhaus Chemnitz 40 office 1925
17 Knorr-Bremse Gebäude Berlin 40 office 1927
- Hochhaus Glückauf Hanover 31 residential 1927
- Industriehaus Düsseldorf 30 office 1923
- Prinz-Georg-Straße 100 Düsseldorf 29 residential 1925