This is a list of flatiron buildings that are relatively notable. Any notable building shaped approximately like a flatiron can be included, regardless of whether the name of the building is "Flatiron Building" or not. Such a building is typically constructed at an intersection of streets or railway tracks that meet at an acute angle. One of the most famous is the Flatiron Building in New York City, which was finished in 1902.
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Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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The Flatiron, Vienna [18] | 1890 built | Magdalenstrasse 22 48°11′45″N16°21′13″E / 48.1959°N 16.3536°E | Vienna (city and federal state) | Vienna Stadtbaumeister Georg Löwitsch architect [19] | |
Palais Fanto [ de ] | | 1917-18 built | Schwarzenbergplatz 6 48°11′57″N16°22′39″E / 48.19913°N 16.3775°E | Vienna (city and federal state) | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Province | Description |
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Gibson Block | ![]() | 1913 built | Jasper Ave. 53°32′37″N113°28′57″W / 53.54360°N 113.48248°W | Edmonton, Alberta | |
Flatiron Building (Lacombe, Alberta) | ![]() | 1904 built | 50 Ave. & 49c Ave. 52°27′47″N113°43′51″W / 52.46298°N 113.73083°W | Lacombe, Alberta | |
Hotel Europe (Vancouver) | ![]() | 1909 built | 43 Powell Street 49°17′0.23″N123°6′13.13″W / 49.2833972°N 123.1036472°W | Vancouver, British Columbia | |
Coffin Block Building | ![]() | 1830s | Front Street and Wellington Street at Church Street | Toronto, Ontario | First flatiron building in Toronto; demolished in the 1890s and replaced by the Gooderham Building (see below). |
Gooderham Building, aka Flatiron Building | ![]() | 1892 built 1975 Ontario landmark | 49 Wellington Street East 43°38′54″N79°22′27″W / 43.64842678851329°N 79.37426220821774°W | Toronto, Ontario | Romanesque Revival |
25 The Esplanade | ![]() | 1988 built | 25 The Esplanade 43°38′46″N79°22′30″W / 43.64622°N 79.37513°W | Toronto, Ontario | |
CIBC branch at 90 Danforth Avenue at Broadview Avenue | c. 1918 | 90 Danforth Avenue at Broadview Avenue 43°40′35″N79°21′31″W / 43.67642582180832°N 79.35874956190627°W | Toronto | by V.C. Horsburgh [20] | |
former Dominion Bank at 533 St Clair Avenue West at Vaughan Road | c. 1912 | 533 St Clair Avenue West at Vaughan Road 43°40′58″N79°25′10″W / 43.682705765659776°N 79.41958136043066°W | Toronto, Ontario | [21] | |
Moses Block | ![]() | 1907 built | Durham at Elgin Street 46°29′24″N80°59′43″W / 46.490095657203746°N 80.99525406949496°W | Sudbury, Ontario | A historic site in Sudbury, completed sometime between 1907 and 1915 by Hascal Moses and the Moses Family. The building was branded 'Flat Iron Building' under the eaves. [22] |
The Delta Block | | 1917 built 1922 second level added | Main St. and King St. 43°14′38″N79°49′29″W / 43.24391°N 79.82470°W | Hamilton, Ontario | [23] Pizza Pizza. |
Rodier Building | ![]() | 1875 built | 932 rue Notre-Dame Ouest / rue Saint-Maurice 45°29′50″N73°33′42″W / 45.497347815494386°N 73.56173850380051°W | Montreal, Québec | "Heritage Montreal, an organization dedicated to the protection of Montreal's heritage has placed this building in its list of ten threatened emblematic sites for 2012." [24] |
The Dalby Building | ![]() | 1865 built | 143 Metcalfe Street 43°40′59″N80°25′49″W / 43.682982126032165°N 80.43016816779567°W | Elora, Ontario | Designed by W.H.L. LaPenotiere and constructed in 1865, The Dalby Building has a storied history as one of Elora’s first hotels, hosting council and society meetings, banquets, and even court sessions for the early villagers. [25] It also ran Elora’s earliest stagecoach operation. [26] Operating as a hotel under various proprietors for over a century until the early 2000s, it has recently been returned to its roots with the summer 2025 opening of The Ayrshire Hotel. The Dalby Building is the oldest known surviving flatiron building in Canada. |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Wukang Mansion, aka Normandie Apartments | ![]() | 1924 completed | 1836–1858 Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui District 31°12′16″N121°26′18″E / 31.2045°N 121.4383°E | Shanghai (city and province) | Compare: Normandie Hotel |
Oi Kwan Hotel (Chinese: 爱群大酒店) | | 1937 completed | 113 Yanjiang W Road 23°06′34″N113°15′18″E / 23.10956°N 113.255001°E | Guangzhou, Guangdong | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Flat Iron, Paris | ![]() | 1947 built [30] 2024 refurbished [31] | 19-25 rue Boissonade 48°50′21″N2°20′00″E / 48.8391°N 2.3334°E | Paris, Île-de-France | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Bügeleisenhaus [ de ] | ![]() | 1611 built 1955 renovated 1962-2021 museum | Haldenplatz 51°23′51.72″N7°11′01.21″E / 51.3977000°N 7.1836694°E | Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia | |
Chilehaus | | 1924 completed | Fischertwiete 53°32′53″N10°00′06″E / 53.548°N 10.0016°E | Hamburg (city and state) | |
Kollhoff-Tower | ![]() | 1999 completed | Potzdamerplatz 52°30′32″N13°22′30″E / 52.509°N 13.375°E | Berlin (city and state) | |
Trias-Hochhaus [ de ] | ![]() | 2014 completed | Martin-Luther-Ring 51°20′15″N12°22′16″E / 51.3375°N 12.3712°E | Leipzig, Saxony | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Vasalóház [ hu ] | ![]() | 1913 built | 8 Takaréktár Street - 9 Horváth Mihály Street 46°15′18″N20°09′01″E / 46.2551°N 20.1502°E | Szeged, Southern Great Plain | Name is Hungarian for "Flatiron Building". Designed by Lipót Baumhorn (1860–1932) [32] |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Bet Ha'Oniya [ he ] | | 1935 built | 56 Lavanda Street 32°03′31″N34°47′01″E / 32.05852922498791°N 34.783655571551115°E | Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District | Built in the International Style. Name is Hebrew for "Ship Building" |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Fetta di Polenta | ![]() | 1840 built | Via Giulia di Barolo, 9 45°04′04″N7°41′49″E / 45.067856746268575°N 7.696959157150555°E | Turin, Piedmont | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Het Strijkijzer | ![]() | 2007 | Rijswijkseplein 400 52°04′17″N4°19′27″E / 52.07138°N 4.3241°E | The Hague, South Holland | Name is Dutch for "The Iron" |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Auckland Town Hall | ![]() | 1909 built | 305 Queen Street 36°51′10″S174°45′48″E / 36.85266004507154°S 174.76341803236087°E | Auckland, Auckland Region | Italian Renaissance Revival, likened to a cheese wedge and flat iron when constructed |
Imperial Building, Dunedin | ![]() | 1906 built [33] | 1 Dowling Street and 18 Queens Gardens 45°52′37″S170°30′14″E / 45.87705360007242°S 170.50381795314388°E | Dunedin, Otago | Queen Anne Revival, designed by Mason & Wales |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Adora Flatiron | ![]() | 2017 [34] [35] | Boris Trajkovski 1 41°59′08″N21°26′17″E / 41.9855689425116°N 21.4381600182876°E | Skopje, North Macedonia | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Avenida da Liberdade, 155 | ![]() | Avenida da Liberdade, 155 38°43′10.56″N9°08′44.81″W / 38.7196000°N 9.1457806°W | Lisbon, Lisbon metropolitan area | ||
Building | Image | Dates | Location | Planning Area, Region | Description |
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The Iveria [36] [37] | 2024 completed | 2 Kim Yam Road 1°17′43″N103°50′19″E / 1.2952966786477085°N 103.83857827401611°E | River Valley, Central Region | ||
18 Robinson [38] [39] | ![]() | 2018 completed | 18 Robinson Road 1°16′54″N103°51′02″E / 1.2816766197979812°N 103.85053625007261°E | Downtown Core, Central Region | Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Triangolo | 2009 [40] | Spojovacia 30 48°18′13″N18°05′14″E / 48.30363°N 18.08721°E | Nitra, Nitra Region | Sebastian Nalgy architect [41] [42] | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Region | Description |
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Peglezen [ sl ] | 1932-34 built 2009 declared cultural monument of national importance | Poljanska cesta 1 46°03′04″N14°30′40″E / 46.0511°N 14.5111°E | Ljubljana, Central Slovenia Statistical Region | Jože Plečnik and Milan Černigoj, architects. Photo may be seen at sl:Peglezen | |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | City, Autonomous community | Description |
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Casa Antònia Serra i Mas | ![]() | 1926 [43] | Carrer de Pere IV 41°23′58″N2°11′42″E / 41.39933°N 2.19504°E | Barcelona, Catalonia | |
Banco de Valencia | ![]() | 1935 designed 1942 built [44] | C.del Pintor Sorolla 39°28′14″N0°22′25″W / 39.4705°N 0.3736°W | Valencia, Valencian Community | Valencian neo-baroque [45] |
Edificio Metrópolis | ![]() | 1911 opened | Calle de Alcalá 40°25′08″N3°41′50″W / 40.418889°N 3.697222°W | Madrid, Community of Madrid | Beaux-arts design |
Edificio Grassy | | 1917 completed | Gran Via 40°25′09″N3°41′52″W / 40.41907°N 3.69787°W | Madrid, Community of Madrid |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | Town / City, County | Description |
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Flat Iron Building (Stockholm) | ![]() | 2009 built | Norra Bantorget 59°20′09″N18°02′57″E / 59.3359°N 18.0492°E | Stockholm | Designed by Rosenbergs Arkitekter [46] |
Daneliuska huset aka Strykjärnshuset (Flatiron building) | | 1901 built | Birger Jarlsgatan 20 59°20′12″N18°04′19″E / 59.3367°N 18.0719°E | Stockholm | Designed by Erik Josephson [47] |
Building | Image | Dates | Location | Town / City, County | Description |
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Flat Iron Building (Prescot) | ![]() | 1890 built | 72 Eccleston Street 53°25′47.19″N2°48′7.22″W / 53.4297750°N 2.8020056°W | Prescot, Merseyside | Originally built as a warehouse and watchmaking factory as part of Prescot's watchmaking industry. [48] |
Imperial Buildings (Liverpool) [49] | ![]() | 1879 built | Victoria Street. 53°24′30.08″N2°59′1.07″W / 53.4083556°N 2.9836306°W | Liverpool, Merseyside | Originally used as a bank and later used as offices for Liverpool City Council. |
Leeds Bridge House | ![]() | 1881 built 1996 Grade II Listed building [50] | Hunslet Road. 53°47′35″N1°32′28″W / 53.79306°N 1.54111°W | Leeds, West Yorkshire | Opened as the 'People's Café'; later a temperance hotel, tea merchant's, dressmaker's, dentist's, manufacturing chemist's, and an office development. [51] |
The Peacock, Sunderland | ![]() | 1901-2 built 1978 Grade II Listed building [52] | High Street West. 54°54′24″N1°23′13″W / 54.90667°N 1.38694°W | Sunderland, Tyne and Wear | At various times a pub, nightclub, and residential accommodation. [53] [54] |
Bittles Bar, Belfast [55] | ![]() | 1868 built | Upper Church Lane. 54°35′55″N5°55′27″W / 54.598723°N 5.924291°W | Belfast, County Antrim and County Down | Originally the Shakespeare; renamed 'Bittles Bar' after the owner around 1990. Remainder of the building designed as a flour merchant's warehouse. [56] [57] [58] |
The Black Friar, Blackfriars | ![]() | 1875 built 1905 and 1917 remodelled 1972 Grade II* Listed building [59] | Queen Victoria Street 51°30′44″N0°06′14″W / 51.512121°N 0.103751°W | Blackfriars, London, Greater London | |
Thin House | ![]() | 1887 built | Thurloe Square 51°29′39″N0°10′17″W / 51.49421°N 0.17136°W | Kensington, Greater London | Originally seven artists' studios [60] |
Bullnose Building | ![]() | 1876 built 2019 Grade II Listed building | Leeman Road 53°57′35″N1°05′42″W / 53.9596°N 1.0951°W | York, North Yorkshire | Built as the coal manager's office and house, forming part of the North Eastern Railway's York Goods Station. [61] Now part of the National Railway Museum. |
Lighthouse Building [62] | ![]() | c.1875 built [63] 1997 Grade II Listed building 2016 reconstructed [64] [65] | Gray's Inn Road and Pentonville Road 51°31′51″N0°07′18″W / 51.53072°N 0.12178°W | Camden, Greater London | Home of Netten's Oyster Bar [66] and later the Mole Jazz record store. [67] |
Globe Point | 2022 built | Globe Road 53°47′31″N1°33′09″W / 53.79204°N 1.55255°W | Leeds, West Yorkshire | Advertised as the second flatiron building in Leeds [68] [69] [70] | |
Island House, Birmingham | ![]() | 1912 built [71] 2012 demolished | Moor Street 52°28′50″N1°53′27″W / 52.4806°N 1.8907°W | Birmingham, West Midlands | |
1–7 Constitution Hill, Birmingham [72] | ![]() | 1896 completed [73] 1981 Grade II Listed building [74] | Constitution Hill 52°29′12″N1°54′05″W / 52.486619°N 1.901453°W | Birmingham, West Midlands | |
Thrale House [75] (Flat Iron Building [76] ), Southwark | ![]() | late 19th century [77] | 44-46 Southwark Street 51°30′18″N0°05′41″W / 51.50504426679574°N 0.09466898187779525°W | Southwark, Greater London | Occupied from 1867 by Wright's Coal Tar Soap [78] [79] |
South Eastern Railway Offices [80] | ![]() | 1893 built 2016 demolished | 64-84 Tooley Street, 51°30′17″N0°05′02″W / 51.50474789025697°N 0.08385507751293324°W | Southwark, Greater London | Demolished to re-develop London Bridge station [81] |
The Flat Iron Anfield | ![]() | 1850s built [82] | 377 Walton Breck Road 53°25′42″N2°57′16″W / 53.42825275813591°N 2.954440654246572°W | Liverpool, Merseyside | |
The Athletic Arms | ![]() | c.1889 built [83] | 1-3 Angle Park Terrace, 55°56′20″N3°13′25″W / 55.93901554810787°N 3.2237394191996263°W | Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh Council | |
Liverpool, London & Globe Insurance Building | ![]() | 1903 built [84] 1974 Grade II Listed building [85] | 1 Albert Square, 53°28′49″N2°14′44″W / 53.48016318624905°N 2.245478832765543°W | Manchester, Greater Manchester | |
62 Chapel Street, Manchester | ![]() | c.1900 built [86] 1980 Grade II Listed building | 62 Chapel Street, 53°29′06″N2°14′56″W / 53.48503673799912°N 2.2489696679172013°W | Manchester, Greater Manchester | Former police station. |
Victoria Buildings, Manchester | ![]() | 1874 built [87] 1994 Grade II Listed building [88] | Dantzig Street, 53°29′06″N2°14′23″W / 53.48511904405414°N 2.2397076054118337°W | Manchester, Greater Manchester | Originally warehouses and workshops; now converted to flats and a bar/nightclub [89] |
Exchange Buildings, Leicester | ![]() | 1888 built [90] 2000 Grade II listed building | 50 Rutland Street, 52°38′06″N1°07′40″W / 52.63499918794466°N 1.1278275316334654°W | Leicester, East Midlands | Fitted with a French pavilion roof. [91] Formerly a printing press and furniture store; now a bar. [92] |
11 King Street, Nottingham | ![]() | 1893 complete [93] 1972 Grade II listed building [94] | 11 King Street 52°57′16″N1°08′59″W / 52.954380938702066°N 1.1497020797265332°W | Nottingham, East Midlands | Built in Flemish Renaissance Revival style. [95] Originally the Prudential Assurance buildings; later Clarendon College, a Hard Rock Cafe, [96] a Brazilian restaurant and a cocktail bar. |
Bradley House, Manchester [97] | ![]() | 1850s built [98] 1994 Grade II listed building | 33 Dale Street 53°28′54″N2°13′59″W / 53.481565058485906°N 2.233150388890341°W | Manchester, Greater Manchester | Originally a shipping warehouse and hat factory. [99] Now a hotel [100] |
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