Royal Liver Building

53.405833333333 - 2.9958333333333Koordinaten: 53 ° 24 ' N, 3 ° 0' W

The Royal Liver Building [ rɔɪəl laɪvə bɪldɪŋ ] is one of the landmarks of Liverpool and was named after the Royal Liver Assurance, which had built the building as the headquarters of insurance. It was designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas, and was one of the first multi-storey reinforced concrete structures as well as one of the first skyscrapers in Britain. From 1911 to 1932 it was the tallest building in Europe.

The Royal Liver Building is 90 meters high and has 13 floors and was completed in 1911. It is significant in the port area on the Mersey Pier Head and is one of the Three Graces ( the Three Graces ), as the three buildings between St. Nicholas Place and Iceland are called man in Liverpool. The other two Graces Port of Liverpool Building and the Cunard Building are south of the Royal Liver Building.

The Royal Liver Building has two bell towers, whose dials with 7.6 meters in diameter (25 feet ) are two of the biggest UK and which are lit at night. The clock was added in 1953, an electronic carillon. On the top domes of the building are the mythical Liver Birds, which were designed by the German Carl Bernard Bartels. The 5.5 meter high birds of copper were in a very short time the symbol of Liverpool.

The building is now the headquarters of the Royal Liver Friendly Society.