14 large-scale structures from around the world that have not survived to this day (15 photos)

I’m showing you several impressive buildings that, for one reason or another, ceased to exist, but managed to get into the photo.





Even the most large-scale architectural projects are built to last forever, but not forever. Using the example of the Seven Wonders of the World, we know very well that only 1/7 of the structures of the highest cultural significance are able to survive millennia. Moreover, the disappearance of the rest is not always associated with malicious intent or natural disasters - it also happens that modern city governors simply do not agree with their colleagues who lived several centuries ago.

Reunification Arch, Pyongyang, DPRK



It was built in 2001 and demolished in January 2024. The arch symbolized the unification of the two Koreas.

The oldest house in Hamburg, built in 1524. Colorized photo from 1898





Despite protests, the house was demolished in 1910.

Huge blast furnaces at a steel mill in Pittsburgh, 1950s



The plant was dismantled in the 1980s.

Balneological hospital in Druskininkai, Lithuania



It was demolished in 2005.

Dewey Arch, Madison Square, New York



The arch stood for only a year, from 1899 to 1900.

Watkins Tower is an unfinished structure in London's Wembley Park that was intended to become Britain's Eiffel Tower



Construction only reached this stage, and in 1907 Watkins Tower was dismantled. But according to the plan, the tower was supposed to be 28 meters higher than its Parisian competitor.

Trinity Episcopal Church, Washington. Photo from 1862



It was demolished in 1936.

The Capitol under construction can be seen in the background.

Kitaygorodskaya wall, Moscow



It was almost completely demolished in 1934.

Women's Hospital and Maternity Hospital in Chicago



The building by famed architect Bertrand Goldberg was demolished in 2014.

Pearl Bank residential building in Singapore, built in 1976



At the time of construction, it was one of the tallest buildings in the country. It was demolished in 2020.

New York World Building, built in 1889



The height of one of the first skyscrapers in the city was 106 meters. It was demolished in 1955 for the construction of a new exit from the Brooklyn Bridge.

Church of Saint Jacques, Abbeville, France



It was built in 1868 and demolished in 2013.

Surreal painting of the Ohio Building being launched into the water, 1916



It was erected specifically for the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition, held in San Francisco to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal.

After the end of the exhibition, the building was transported by water to the city of San Mateo, where it, having been a country club, a bar and an aircraft parts workshop, burned down in 1956.

The Jewel Tower was the main structure at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition.



The height of the tower is 133 meters. It was decorated with 100 thousand cut glass and was illuminated at night by 50 spotlights. It was demolished immediately after the end of the exhibition that year.