r/Lost_Architecture 2h ago

The Arlington Building, Boston MA 1904-2022

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196 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 4h ago

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

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132 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 4h ago

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

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92 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1h ago

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

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r/Lost_Architecture 12h ago

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

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231 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 5h ago

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

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10 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 5h ago

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

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9 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 12h ago

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

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23 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 18h ago

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

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58 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 5h ago

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

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5 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1d 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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222 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

Belgrade Post Office, Belgrade, Serbia/Yugoslavia

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271 Upvotes

built in 1929, destroyed in Allied bombing in 1944


r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

Silesian Museum of Fine Arts in Breslau (Modern day Wrocław, Poland) destroyed during the bombings in 1945

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84 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

Lutheran chapel in Tampere, Finland.

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24 Upvotes

It was built in 1894, and demolished in 1968 after being left to decay.


r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

National Library of Serbia, destroyed in German bombing in 1941

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66 Upvotes

over 1300 scripts from 12-18th century, 350000 books, priceless Serbian heritage artifacts, all lost


r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

Fire Station in Kalisz, Poland (1871-1970s). Demolished.

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67 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

Santiago church, 13th century-20th century. Daroca, Spain

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28 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

Old San Ángel municipal palace, 19th century-1952. Mexico City, Mexico

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12 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 2d ago

Chicago at the intersection of Madison, Ashland and Ogden

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627 Upvotes

An 1892 Richardsonian Romanesque building that served as the Turtle Way headquarters in the 1950s. In 1956, Turtle Wax placed a massive 34-foot, 15,000-pound fiberglass and steel turtle wearing a top hat and holding a wax bottle on the roof. The glowing, rotating sign was taken down in the late 1960s when the company moved, and the building was eventually demolished. Today, the site is a small landscaped traffic triangle.


r/Lost_Architecture 1d ago

San Francisco convent, 1673-1838. Daroca, Spain

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6 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 2d ago

Baia: The sunken "Las Vegas" of the Ancient Roman Empire

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121 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 2d ago

San José convent, 1562-1971. Zaragoza, Spain

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35 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 2d ago

Santa Lucía theatre, 1927-2000s. Santiago, Chile

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32 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 2d ago

Tourism office, by Jorge Tarbuskovic Dulcic, 20th century. Antofagasta, Chile

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29 Upvotes

r/Lost_Architecture 2d ago

Château Miranda (Also known as Château de Noisy)

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70 Upvotes

Château Miranda (also known as Château de Noisy) was a striking 19th-century Neo-Gothic castle located in Celles, province of Namur, Belgium. Once considered a masterpiece of fairy-tale architecture and a legendary destination for urban explorers, the castle was completely demolished in October 2017 after falling into severe disrepair.