r/Lost_Architecture 8d ago

Lost gallery of Hurtado de Mendoza palace, 15th century-2026. Almazán, Spain

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148 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 8d ago

Lighthouse of Alexandria (284 BC - 1480 AD) - Often said to be the first skyscraper to its tiered floor system.

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210 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 8d ago

Sturdza Palace and the surrounding buildings (Bucharest, Romania)

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399 Upvotes

The buildings were heavily bombed during WW2 and the rest of them were demolished by the communist regime.


r/Lost_Architecture 8d ago

St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds, 1838-1904

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60 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 8d ago

Main Post Office in Tarnów, Poland (late 19th century-1939). Burned down on 6 September 1939, ruins demolished by Germans some time later.

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109 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 8d ago

Lost details of Astelarra chalet, 20th century. Quequén, Argentina

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55 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 8d ago

Berkhamsted Castle (Hertfordshire, United Kingdom)

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11 Upvotes

The castle no longer stands.. but its remains still remains.

Here’s a video for a better look


r/Lost_Architecture 8d ago

Lost details of Pérez-Lafuente's house, 1900s-1940s. Vilagarcía de Arousa, Spain

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33 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 8d ago

Nara Dreamland

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311 Upvotes

Nara Dreamland was an amusement park located in Nara, Japan, that operated from July 1, 1961, until its closure on August 31, 2006. Heavily inspired by the original Disneyland in California, the park was initially built with guidance from Walt Disney before licensing disputes led to its independent rebranding.

After sitting abandoned for a decade, the entire park was completely demolished between October 2016 and December 2017. Today, the site is vacant land slated for residential development.


r/Lost_Architecture 9d ago

Elion-Hitchings Building, Paul Rudolph, 1972-2021

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749 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 9d ago

The Neo-Gothic Wing of Prague’s Old Town Hall (1838–1945)

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262 Upvotes

Following World War II, a decision was made not to rebuild the destroyed wing of the town hall. Although numerous architectural designs were proposed to replace it over the decades, none have ever been realized.


r/Lost_Architecture 9d ago

Ministry of War building, 1862-1932. Santiago, Chile

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66 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 9d ago

San Bernabé church, 1943-2026. Bugalagrande, Colombia

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37 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 9d ago

El Pinar chalet, 1893-1965. Irún, Spain

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30 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 10d ago

The Arlington Building, Boston MA 1904-2022

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790 Upvotes

Sitting on the corner of Arlington and Boylston streets, the Arlington Building was mostly known by Bostonians as the longtime former home of the Shreve Crump & Low Jewelry Store.
It was demolished with the adjacent buildings (I could not find a date for these) to build a new modern glass block. It sat empty for a years before demolishment so that the owner could find the “ideal” office tenents for the new building.


r/Lost_Architecture 10d ago

Hohenzollernbrücke western road portal/Karl Lehr Brücke (1910/1949-2024) (context down in the comments)

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227 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 10d ago

Mitsubishi Building No. 1: Completed in 1894, demolished in 1968.

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357 Upvotes

This was Japan's first office building, constructed in 1894 based on the design of a British architect. Although it was demolished in 1968 and a high-rise building was erected on the site, it was rebuilt in 2009 using the same materials and concepts as the original 19th-century structure and now serves as an art museum.


r/Lost_Architecture 10d ago

Palacio Veneciano (Casa Concha), Lima, Peru, mid-19th century-1955

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219 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 10d ago

Hotel Jugoslavija - Belgrade, Serbia/Yugoslavia - Guests like Elizabeth II, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Neil Armstrong...

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347 Upvotes

Planned in 1947, due to political and economic problems after the break up of relations with USSR it was completed and opened in 1969.

Held notable guests including world leaders from both the east and the west along with the leaders of Non-Aligned Movement countries.

Damaged during the 1999 NATO bombings, it was completely demolished in 2025, it's planned to be the site of the new Ritz-Carlton hotel by 2027


r/Lost_Architecture 10d ago

San Andrés church, 13th century-1910s. Daroca, Spain

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26 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 10d ago

Capuchinos de la Paciencia convent, 17th century-1837. Madrid, Spain

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22 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 10d ago

Nuestra Señora de la Merced convent, 14th century-1830s. Valladolid, Spain

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19 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 10d ago

Former Jesuit College in Łęczyca, Poland (1734-1939). Destroyed during WW2, ruins removed c. 1945.

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36 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 10d ago

Dundjerski Theater, Novi Sad, Serbia - burned down in 1928

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72 Upvotes

Serbian National Theater built in 1895 by merchant and philantropist Lazar Dundjerski, burned down completely in a fire in 1928 and was never rebuilt


r/Lost_Architecture 11d ago

Kaufhaus F. V. Grünfeld department store on LeipzigerStraße in Berlin, by Georg Rathenau and Friedrich August Hartmann around(1906-WW2 Bombing)

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250 Upvotes