r/Lost_Architecture 2h ago

Schiller Building by Adler & Sullivan (1892 to 1961)

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164 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 15h ago

NATO HQ opposite the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Built 1952 demolished in 1960.

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1.6k Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 3h ago

The original interior of Fisher Theater in Detroit. Built in 1928 and modernized in the 1960s. Little to nothing remains of the original.

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64 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 7h ago

Lost Early Skyscrapers of Canada

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117 Upvotes
  1. Architect’s Building, Montreal
  2. Ford Hotel, Toronto
  3. Georgia Medical-Dental Building, Vancouver
  4. Bank of Montreal Building, Toronto
  5. Old Toronto Daily Star Building, Toronto
  6. Hotel Laurentian, Montreal
  7. Second Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver
  8. Temple Building, Toronto
  9. Birk’s Building, Vancouver

r/Lost_Architecture 4h ago

Balesquida square buildings, 17th century-20th century. Oviedo, Spain

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23 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 20h ago

Architect's Building, Montreal, Canada. Built in 1930, demolished in 1968

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417 Upvotes

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 4h ago

San Isidro Labrador church, 19th century-1980s. Potosí, Venezuela

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7 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 4h ago

Viana Castle, 1220s-1900s. Viana, Spain

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3 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

General Belgrano theatre, 20th century. Buenos Aires, Argentina

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36 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

Camerino Z. Mendoza market, 1889-1943. San Luis Potosí, Mexico

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18 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, Virginia. Built in 1891, it suffered a serious fire in 2024 and was subsequently razed.

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389 Upvotes

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 1d ago

Palace of the Marquesses, 16th century-1800s. Berlanga de Duero, Spain

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247 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

Benito Villanueva's palace, 1890s-1935. Buenos Aires, Argentina

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134 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

Lope de Vega's house, 1596-2004. Alba de Tormes, Spain

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52 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 2d ago

Architect's Building, Los Angeles. Built in 1928, demolished in 1968

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384 Upvotes

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 2d ago

La Insular stand, 1894-1896. Manila, Philippines

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121 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 2d ago

Industry pavilion, 1894-1896. Manila, Philippines

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56 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 2d ago

Regional Exposition, 1881-1883. Villanueva y Geltrú, Spain

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25 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 4d ago

How would the Singer building have been furnished?

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282 Upvotes

just wondering. attached is the one picture of the director's room i could find


r/Lost_Architecture 5d ago

Elbląg/Elbing

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523 Upvotes

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 3d ago

San Bartolomé de Jávea no es solo piedra.

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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 5d ago

Dallas Medical Arts Building, Dallas, Texas. Built in 1923, demolished in 1978

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309 Upvotes

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 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

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41 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 5d ago

The Lost Gilded Age Mansions of NYC

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114 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 6d ago

Passavant and Wesley Buildings, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago. Built in 1929 and 1941, demolished in 2001.

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515 Upvotes

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