Liverpool The Liver Building and the Cunard Building situated on the Pier head in Liverpool Built in 1908 11 the Royal Live
Liverpool The Liver Building and the Cunard Building situated on the Pier head in Liverpool Built in 1908 11 the Royal Liver building is one of the most famous in Liverpool Designed by Walter A Thomas and made famous by the mythical Liver birds still the symbol of Liverpool There are two one on each tower eighteen feet tall and with a wingspan of twenty four feet cast in copper A German sculptor living in England Carl Bernard Bartels designed them The building itself is acknowledged as the worlds first skyscraper and built using steel and concrete The Cunard building was built during the first World war 1914 1918 in neo classical revival design
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