Where was the first European skyscraper built and in which year?

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Where was the first European skyscraper built and in which year?

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Last updated Aug 24 2016.

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Het Witte Huis in Rotterdam, built 1898, claims to be the first, but this is debateable as it has no iron or steel 'skeleton'.

'the first 'skyscraper' title goes to the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool which was completed in 1911 and for many years the tallest building in Europe.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witte_Huis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Liver_Building

Response last updated by LadyNym on Aug 24 2016.
Jan 21 2003, 11:52 PM

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Answer 1

For a number of reasons, Europe was slower to catch up with the skyscraper-building craze of the first half of the 20th century:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyscraper#Early_skyscrapers

Most of the structures over 100 metres present in Europe were built after 1950, as this paper illustrates in detail:

http://global.ctbuh.org/resources/papers/download/256-the-history-of-the-european-skyscraper.pdf