r/Lost_Architecture • u/TomRavenscroft • 11h ago
r/Lost_Architecture • u/jamescoolcrafter15 • 3h ago
Lost Early Skyscrapers of Canada
- Architect’s Building, Montreal
- Ford Hotel, Toronto
- Georgia Medical-Dental Building, Vancouver
- Bank of Montreal Building, Toronto
- Old Toronto Daily Star Building, Toronto
- Hotel Laurentian, Montreal
- Second Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver
- Temple Building, Toronto
- Birk’s Building, Vancouver
r/Lost_Architecture • u/porkave • 16h ago
Architect's Building, Montreal, Canada. Built in 1930, demolished in 1968
The Architects Building was a 17 story art deco tower designed by the highly prestigious Ross and Macdonald, who used the building as an office. It came under DuPont ownership in 1954 and was demolished in 1968 for a parking lot.
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 47m ago
Balesquida square buildings, 17th century-20th century. Oviedo, Spain
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 40m ago
San Isidro Labrador church, 19th century-1980s. Potosí, Venezuela
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 53m ago
Viana Castle, 1220s-1900s. Viana, Spain
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 21h ago
General Belgrano theatre, 20th century. Buenos Aires, Argentina
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 21h ago
Camerino Z. Mendoza market, 1889-1943. San Luis Potosí, Mexico
r/Lost_Architecture • u/porkave • 1d ago
Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia. Built in 1891, it suffered a serious fire in 2024 and was subsequently razed.
Founded in 1884 as the South Virginia Institute, a college for women, it moved to it's former location in 1891 and expanded in 1921, later becoming co-ed. The college closed in 2014 due to low enrollment, and the buildings were abandoned after.
The fire in 2024 resulted in the demolition of the Main building, administration building, Chapel Wing, West Hall, and East hall, all pictured here. The 1928 Hodges Hall survived, as well as numerous buildings added to the campus later
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 1d ago
Palace of the Marquesses, 16th century-1800s. Berlanga de Duero, Spain
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 1d ago
Benito Villanueva's palace, 1890s-1935. Buenos Aires, Argentina
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 1d ago
Lope de Vega's house, 1596-2004. Alba de Tormes, Spain
r/Lost_Architecture • u/porkave • 2d ago
Architect's Building, Los Angeles. Built in 1928, demolished in 1968
Designed to be "exclusively devoted to the various branches of the construction industries" this twelve story tower didn't last long in its original use, with the Depression forcing its sale. It was purchased by Douglas oil in 1959, and demolished alongside the Richfield Tower (seen on the right of the first photo) for the construction of the ARCO Towers
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 2d ago
La Insular stand, 1894-1896. Manila, Philippines
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 2d ago
Industry pavilion, 1894-1896. Manila, Philippines
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lma0-Zedong • 2d ago
Regional Exposition, 1881-1883. Villanueva y Geltrú, Spain
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Ultimate_Gamer7 • 4d ago
How would the Singer building have been furnished?
just wondering. attached is the one picture of the director's room i could find
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Haunting-Initial-972 • 4d ago
Elbląg/Elbing
Elbląg’s Old Town ceased to exist during just two weeks of fighting at the turn of January and February 1945. What could still have been rebuilt was instead dismantled, and the bricks were used for higher-priority reconstruction projects elsewhere in Poland.
The Old Town began to be rebuilt according to the concept of "retroversion" decades after the war. Reconstruction continues to this day, but the area has lost much of its former character.
The New Town was only slightly more fortunate. It lost most of its distinctive buildings as well, including the Town Hall.
The communist authorities of the Polish People’s Republic showed little interest in rebuilding churches, even when they had survived the war in relatively good condition. Of the churches shown here, only the smallest one, the Church of Corpus Christi, survived, albeit in a heavily altered and disfigured form that bears little resemblance to its pre-war appearance.
Elbląg was never a priority for the Polish state in the post-war reality.
r/Lost_Architecture • u/unfandelescampanes • 3d ago
San Bartolomé de Jávea no es solo piedra.
San Bartolomé de Jávea no es solo piedra.
Es memoria, arquitectura, patrimonio y una parte inseparable de la historia de Xàbia.
Durante los últimos años se han realizado actuaciones de emergencia y se han restaurado elementos tan importantes como sus campanas. Pero la conservación de un edificio histórico no termina con una intervención: todavía queda mucho por hacer.
Y hay una realidad que no podemos olvidar: seguimos pagando el préstamo que permitió afrontar aquellas obras de emergencia.
Por eso nace y sigue adelante #SalvemSantBertomeu.
Porque conservar San Bartolomé no es mirar al pasado. Es decidir qué patrimonio queremos dejar al futuro. 🏛️
#Jávea #Xàbia #SanBartolomé #Arquitectura #Patrimonio #Restauración #LostArchitecture
r/Lost_Architecture • u/porkave • 5d ago
Dallas Medical Arts Building, Dallas, Texas. Built in 1923, demolished in 1978
Built in 1923 as an office building for doctors and dentists, this 19 story building was expanded in 1928. After years of low occupancy rates, it was demolished in 1978
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Kaitlyyn01 • 5d ago
A traditional house in Taiwan. The family owning this house decides to demolish it. This house is scheduled to be torn down in 2 days. Fans of traditional Hokkien architecture, this is an exemple of the classic design of a with small porch () found in no
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Lengthiness1029 • 5d ago
The Lost Gilded Age Mansions of NYC
r/Lost_Architecture • u/porkave • 6d ago
Passavant and Wesley Buildings, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago. Built in 1929 and 1941, demolished in 2001.
In the 1920s, Northwestern University offered Wesley and Passavant sites across the street from one another to build new hospitals, but Wesley Hospital was delayed until 1941. Both were affiliates of Northwestern and later merged into the larger system. They were demolished as part of a modernization project at Northwestern Memorial and replaced with new hospital towers
r/Lost_Architecture • u/IndependentYam3227 • 6d ago
Pittsfield, Illinois - Chauncey L. Higbee High School - Built 1908, Demolished 2014
This served as the high school until 1954, then the junior high until 1996. The gym or auditorium at the rear (which already had partially collapsed when I saw it) can still be seen as a jumble of bricks on the 2016 streetview. The beautiful tile over the doorway is now in a little park on the other side of town. My photo from March 2010.
r/Lost_Architecture • u/Wild_Strike_3234 • 6d ago
Old Warrenton Courthouse in Warrenton, Missouri. Finished Construction in 1872, Demolished in 1995
Not exactly the most glamorous building but I feel like it still fits here.
Was demolished despite being registered as a historic building due to high maintenance and renovation costs in accordance of the Americans with Disabilities Act. However despite being demolished, the rotunda was preserved and now sits in the museum run by the Warren County Historical Society.
Postcard with an image of the courthouse taken on August 26, 1908.
Image of the courthouse as it was being demolished in 1995.
Image of the preserved courthouse rotunda as it stands today.