Buddhas of Bamiyan 6th-century,The statues were blown up and destroyed in March 2001 by the Taliban, on orders from leader Mullah Mohammed Omar1mo · Son_Of_Earth · r/Lost_Architecture
The late 3rd century Tetrapylon of ancient Palmyra, Syria. Deliberately destroyed by ISIS, 2017.3wk · pseudangelos · r/Lost_Architecture
An unusual CitiBank that existed during the '80s. Demolished by '94, now a parking lot.7mo · Conpen · r/Lost_Architecture
Built in 1504, demolished in 1910. What was the oldest house in Hamburg, Germany. Credit Insta: historyblackandwhite2wk · CuriousHedgie · r/Lost_Architecture
Sibley Breaker, Pennsylvania, built in 1886 and destroyed by fire in 1906.2mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
2000 Year old N6 Pyramid in Sudan which was demolished in the 1800’s by an Italian treasure hunter6mo · DontEatTheChapstick · r/Lost_Architecture
The original Neue Elbbrücke Bridge from 1887-1959 in Hamburg, Germany.1mo · PythiaPhemonoe · r/Lost_Architecture
World Trade Center. New York City, USA. Built in 1973, destroyed in 20018mo · timbob27 · r/Lost_Architecture
Soon to be lost (ironically, for a Penn Station redevelopment scheme): Gimbels Bridge, NYC1mo · zkzx · r/Lost_Architecture
Horticultural Hall, Boston (1865-1901): neoclassical design, top floor was a grand exhibition hall with 27' ceilings.3wk · sverdrupian · r/Lost_Architecture
Kowloon walled city: this former military base turned into china’s tightest city, it was demolished in 19943d · rufuselging · r/Lost_Architecture
Nanepashemet Hotel, Marblehead, Massachusetts: Shingle style, opened in 1881, lost to fire in 1914.2mo · sverdrupian · r/Lost_Architecture
Temple of Gwalior, India. Destroyed during the Islamic invasions.2mo · shivajiii · r/Lost_Architecture
Victorian Downtown San Francisco C.1880's, Before the 1906 Great Earthquake & Fire4mo · Fiscal_Yam · r/Lost_Architecture
When the Singer Building ruled over Lower Manhattan. Much is gone.2mo · imoldfashnd · r/Lost_Architecture
Nahavand Castle in Nahavand, Iran. Built during the Sassanian era (224–651 AD), it was demolished in the late 1800s because the Shah believed there was treasure hidden underneath.1wk · bush- · r/Lost_Architecture
The last surviving timbered house in Dublin, demolished in 18121mo · WilliamofYellow · r/Lost_Architecture
Trump Plaza, Atlantic City, New Jersey, designed by Martin Stern Jr. in 1984, demolished by controlled implosion earlier today. It had stood unused and empty since its 2014 closure and was beginning to deteriorate.2wk · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Medieval town of Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. Once one of the most picturesque and pristine Late Medieval towns in Europe. Destroyed on March 22nd, 1945, one month before the War's end7mo · Strydwolf · r/Lost_Architecture
Moskva Swimming Pool. Built in place of demolished church of Christ the Savior in 1960, demolished in 1994, replaced with restored Christ the Savior church.3mo · CepGamer · r/Lost_Architecture
Temples of Bacchus and Jupiter in Baalbek, Lebanon - once one of the largest Classical Ancient Roman structures built outside of Rome itself3wk · Strydwolf · r/Lost_Architecture
This crane stood atop the unfinished Cologne cathedral from 1511 until 1868.4mo · Vancouvermodsaregay · r/Lost_Architecture
Loew's 72nd Street Theater: 1932-1960; a Far Eastern extravaganza, and possible the last truly grand movie palace to be built.1mo · bbberg · r/Lost_Architecture
Warsaw, Poland 1939. No need to say what happened here. Truly a tragic loss.9mo · superdomodo13 · r/Lost_Architecture
Tremont House, Boston - built 1829, the first hotel in America with indoor plumbing and toilets, razed 1894 / additional hospitality services pioneered by the Tremont included a reception area, bellboys, free soap, and locks on guestroom doors.2mo · sverdrupian · r/Lost_Architecture
The original Light Court of the Rookery Building, Chicago. 1886-1905. Parts of this are still there, but hiding beneath the renovation by Frank Lloyd Wright, where they may remain hidden.1mo · MCofPort · r/Lost_Architecture
Not lost just yet but 417 Park Avenue in NYC is about to be demolished to be replaced with a towering glass office building. It’s not a super well known or notable building but it’s always caught my eye. It’s one of the last brick and mortar apartment buildings that far down on Park Ave in NYC.3mo · RhodeIslandJerry1958 · r/Lost_Architecture
Times Square, NYC in 1905. Everything seen in this photo is doesn't exist anymore.4mo · IhaveCripplingAngst · r/Lost_Architecture
Dismantling the Palais de l'Industrie - an iron and glass exhibition hall built for the Paris World Fair in 1855. Taken down in 1897 to clear space for the Grand Palais of the 1900 World Fair.3mo · sverdrupian · r/Lost_Architecture
The lost Round City of Baghdad, which was a center of Abbassid Caliphate and de-facto of Islamic world from 766 until its complete destruction by the Mongols under Hulagu Khan in 125810mo · Strydwolf · r/Lost_Architecture
Gold Pyramid House, Wadsworth, Illinois. Built by the Onan family in 1980, heavily damaged by fire in 2018. The property also has a 50-foot statue of King Tut, a metal palm tree, and a four car garage topped by three smaller pyramids.2mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Chicago Town and Tennis Club. Built 1924. Demolished 2020, despite a private offer to move the building to a Chicago park. Future site of a dormitory.5mo · ThanHowWhy · r/Lost_Architecture
The Original Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in NYC, demolished in 1929 to serve as the site for the Empire State building.1yr · bunboog · r/Lost_Architecture
A miniature replica of the old Thai royal palace... the palace and the entire city of Ayutthaya burned down during the Burmese invasion of 1767.6d · DayangMarikit · r/Lost_Architecture
Old Detroit Library in Detroit, MI. Opened in 1877 and demolished in 1931.10mo · Romanzo71 · r/Lost_Architecture
Rotterdam, Netherlands, before it got carpet-bombed in 1940. About 30,000 buildings were destroyed in a few hours.2mo · biwook · r/Lost_Architecture
Moore House, Palos Verdes, California. Designed in 1958 by Lloyd Wright (son of Frank), demolished in 20112mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Rivergate in New Orleans (1968-1995), designed by Curtis & Davis.8mo · SteakbackOuthouse · r/Lost_Architecture
Athens Municipal Theatre, Greece. Built in 1888 and demolished in 1940.3mo · Juggertrout · r/Lost_Architecture
First Point Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Built in 1877, the structure proved costly to maintain due to unstable foundations; it was replaced by a larger bridge in 1925.1mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Streamline Moderne service station, now site of the Philadelphia Convention Center.5mo · sverdrupian · r/Lost_Architecture
Waterworks Park Water Tower, Detroit Mi, Built in 1876, Closed in 1941 and demolished in 1945.2mo · CrotchWolf · r/Lost_Architecture
The Hotel Netherland (NYC) photographed in 1905 and later demolished in 1927.4mo · Novusor · r/Lost_Architecture
Speculative rendering of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus, the oldest and most important large temple in Rome. Built in 509 BC in an Etruscan-influenced style, destroyed by fire in 83 BC4mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Grand Salon of the City of Detroit III 1911 - 1956. One of the largest and most luxurious side wheel steamers to sail the Great Lakes.6mo · CrotchWolf · r/Lost_Architecture
The minarets of Alamgir Mosque, Panchganga Ghat, Varanasi, India. Built in the late seventeenth century, one of them collapsed in 1948 and the other was pulled down shortly after. This photograph of the mosque and its surroundings was taken in 1869.1mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Krestovsky Water Towers, Moscow, Russia. Designed by Maxim Geppener in the late 19th century, demolished in 1939 during the expansion of the motorway.4mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Elephantine Colossus, a Coney Island hotel and brothel, built in 1885 and destroyed by a fire in 1896.9mo · mushy_mehoo · r/Lost_Architecture
Firemen's Insurance Company Building (1870-1910), Newark, NJ, USA.8mo · pseudangelos · r/Lost_Architecture
Apartment building at Humlegårdsgatan in Stockholm, Sweden. New zoning plans prohibited apartments at the street, which forced the tenants out and the demolition of the building in 1966. It was replaced by a seven-story office building.6mo · fulmaria · r/Lost_Architecture
Sir Walter Raleigh's house in London, demolished to make way for the Blackwall tunnel in 18906mo · rosedaleonrobson1 · r/Lost_Architecture
Something different: Michigan Theater, Detroit, MI, USA. Built 1925, gutted and turned into a parking lot in the 70s.8mo · AdLegitimate1657 · r/Lost_Architecture
Controversially demolished in 2015, the owner of the Carlton Tavern (1921) was ordered to rebuild to the exact specifications prior to demolition. As of February 2020, this rebuild has not been completed.4mo · christianewman · r/Lost_Architecture
The Singer Building in 1965, Lower Manhattan, New York, just three years before its demolition. Built in 1900, it was the tallest building in the world for a short period of time at 205 meters (674 ft).2mo · superdomodo13 · r/Lost_Architecture
Larkin Administration Building by Frank Lloyd Wright, Buffalo, New York, 1906. Demolished 1950, now a parking lot. Pieces of fence on the left survive with a plaque indicating what stood here.3mo · MCofPort · r/Lost_Architecture
Miami Beach was once a very different place. Outside Halcyon Hotel, in 1912.4mo · 10001010111001111100 · r/Lost_Architecture
Dr. Saidman's Solarium, Aix-le-Bans, France. Built in 1930 as an experiment in heliotherapy, the building consisted of a rotating platform of cabins which turned to face the sun. It was destroyed in WW2.4mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Boys' Central High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Built in 1894, demolished in ??. The site it once inhabited is a parking lot nowadays.4mo · IhaveCripplingAngst · r/Lost_Architecture
Mark Hopkins Mansion: Built in 1878, was for a time the highest point in San Francisco. It was consequently destroyed in the aftermath of the earthquake of 1912.8mo · jewish_tricks · r/Lost_Architecture
St. Louis in the 1870s. Blue indicates the only buildings still standing11mo · goharvorgohome · r/Lost_Architecture
Big Basin State Park HQ– Santa Cruz County, CA. Built in 1936 as part of the New Deal, listed on the National Registrar of Historic Places. Lost with the rest of the park buildings this morning in the Santa Cruz wildfires.7mo · dzdaniel84 · r/Lost_Architecture
Island House, Birmingham, UK (1912-2012) - torn down to fit a new development despite public outcry. The site remains empty to this day.7mo · Maya-K · r/Lost_Architecture
The No named building (Colorful 40 story building on west street) only mentioned once in a New York Times article “Ghost buildings of 1929”. That’s about it .. no any other trace for pictures and information, therefore leads this No named unbuilt building Lost.1wk · Chrisleal · r/Lost_Architecture
Grand Entrance, Exposition Universal, Paris, France. 1900 Paris World's Fair4mo · TogderNodger · r/Lost_Architecture
Normadie Hotel in Puerto Rico. It has been abandoned for over a decade.5mo · MoreSpermThanNeurons · r/Lost_Architecture
Richfield Tower: Established in 1929, Los Angeles as headquarters of Richfield Oil. The structure was designed to be black and gold to symbolize petroleum as black gold. It was demolished in 1969 after the company had outgrown the building.8mo · jewish_tricks · r/Lost_Architecture
The Dutch House Bristol, England. Destroyed by incendiary bombs in 19406mo · Dadgero0 · r/Lost_Architecture
Boat House of the Nyack Rowing Association on the Hudson River, New York. Opened in 1882, destroyed by a nor'easter in 1950.5mo · sverdrupian · r/Lost_Architecture
Hannover, Germany Water Works. Almost untouched by the WW II bombing raids. Demolished 1963/4.1mo · Fubushi · r/Lost_Architecture
Petrikirche in Berlin | built in 1853, destroyed in 1945 by the bombing of Berlin6mo · rasierterpopo · r/Lost_Architecture
Gardo House, Salt Lake City. Built in 1883 as the official residence of the president of the LDS church, razed in 1921.2mo · BiggelsonWiggelson · r/Lost_Architecture
Nothing, I repeat, nothing in this photo of Midland Beach in Staten Island, New York remains. Torn down probably before WWI, any building that did survive was severely affected by the 1938 Hurricane, economic hardship, or general stagnation of the area when the borough became residential.2mo · MCofPort · r/Lost_Architecture
The residence of American historian Francis Parkman on Jamaica Pond, Boston / razed in 1894 as part of Frederick Law Olmsted's plan for the Emerald Necklace system of parks, replaced by Francis Parkman Drive.5mo · sverdrupian · r/Lost_Architecture
Khtzkonk Monastery, a group of five Armenian churches built between the seventh and thirteenth centuries near the village of Digor in what is now Turkey. Four of them were blown up by Turkish soldiers in the 1950s.5mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Old Post Office Building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Built in 1892, demolished in 1966 for a parking lot.5mo · IhaveCripplingAngst · r/Lost_Architecture
Minneapolis comes justly by its reputation-one of the Nation's most beautiful cities - from a 1905 guide to the city. These four majestic structures - as well as numerous others in the city - were all replaced by parking lots and steel and glass office spaces during the 20th century.4mo · 10001010111001111100 · r/Lost_Architecture
Nonsuch House on London Bridge survived the Great London Fire of 1666 and was demolished in 1757. Famous for being made entirely out of wood and prefabricated in Holland, then assembled in London.9mo · AvielanderBright · r/Lost_Architecture
Zabłudów Synagogue: Built in the 17th century, Poland. The wooden synagogue was burned in 1941 by the Nazis.7mo · jewish_tricks · r/Lost_Architecture
Ilojo Bar: Built in 1855 Lagos, Nigeria by a prominent Afro-Brazilian family, the bar/restaurant employed returning freed slaves. Declared a national landmark in 1956, but demolished in 2016.3d · jewish_tricks · r/Lost_Architecture
Federal Coffee Palace: Built in 1888, Melbourne Australia. A coffee palace was a hotel that did not serve alcohol. The Melbourne location was demolished in 1973.6mo · jewish_tricks · r/Lost_Architecture
Ranelagh Gardens Rotunda, London. Opened in 1742 and demolished in 1805, the building hosted balls and concerts and was generally a fashionable place to be seen. In the centre is an enormous fireplace, which kept the building warm during winter.11mo · Bede_the_Venerable · r/Lost_Architecture
Unidentified houses on their way to be demolished, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles: The Bunker Hill neighborhood, once known for its Victorian homes, was completely reshaped following an urban renewal project in 1955.7mo · jewish_tricks · r/Lost_Architecture
Minneapolis Auditorium, built 1925-1927, demolished in 1989 to make way for the Minneapolis Convention Center.5mo · sverdrupian · r/Lost_Architecture
Old Cotton Exchange Building located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Built in 1881, demolished in 1920.4mo · IhaveCripplingAngst · r/Lost_Architecture
The Grand Hotel Ritz of Budapest, Hungary. Built in 1913. A luxury hotel that remained open and operational all the way until January 15, 1945 when it was hit by artillery fire and completely burned down. (5952 × 4730) Image.1mo · superdomodo13 · r/Lost_Architecture
Rossiya Hotel in Moscow, Russia. Built in 1967 demolished in 2006.9mo · iamcountrysider · r/Lost_Architecture
The Elephantine Colossus, an elephant shaped building in Coney Island that served as, among other things, a concert hall, amusment bazaar and brothel. Built in 1885, burnt down in 1896.6mo · rosedaleonrobson1 · r/Lost_Architecture
Bazaar Street, Shikarpur, Pakistan, pictured here in the 1890s. The wood-framed mud daub roofs, once so common in the city, have now almost entirely vanished.6mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Villa Stollwerck, Cologne, Germany, designed by Bruno Schmitz in 1902. Abandoned by its Jewish owner in the 30s, the house sustained heavy war damage and was subsequently demolished.2mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Rotterdam, 1930. In the center is the newly opened De Bijenkorf department store, designed by Willem Dudok. Almost every building shown was destroyed when German forces bombarded the city in May 1940.5mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
The greenhouse of Sailors' Snug Harbor, Staten Island, New York. Photo taken 1899, with the greenhouse definitely demolished before 1950.1mo · MCofPort · r/Lost_Architecture
Old Walton Bridge (1750-1783), Walton-on-Thames, England - A famous feat of engineering in its day, it was designed to last 200 years. After just 30, it was rotting away.6mo · Maya-K · r/Lost_Architecture
Monument to Iron, Leipzig, Germany, a temporary pavilion designed by Bruno Taut. Built in May 1913 and dismantled a few months later.6mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
The Sprudel-Kolonnade in Karlovy Vary, Czech republic. Demolished in 1967.4mo · Encephalartos-Woodii · r/Lost_Architecture
Entrance to the Firestone Tyre Factory, Brentford, England, designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners in 1928 and demolished in 1980. Its destruction led to a push for greater protections for 20th-century British buildings5mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
St. Nikolai Church / Hamburg (Germany), Gothic Revival, tallest construction in the world until 1877, bombed in summer 1943 by Royal Air Force. The ruins continue to serve as a memorial for the victims of war and nazi terror9mo · biglior · r/Lost_Architecture
The Detroit Saturday Night Building. 1914 - 2019, Demolished for 12 parking spaces.7mo · CrotchWolf · r/Lost_Architecture
New Orleans at the turn of the century looked like Paris. Most of its old buildings were demolished during the 1900s and replaced with parking lots and concrete office buildings.5mo · 10001010111001111100 · r/Lost_Architecture
393 7th Avenue, New York City. Built in 1877, it was the last building standing in the neighborhood cleared to build Penn Station in 19038mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Boston Garden, Boston, MA. Built 1928, demolished 1998, replaced with the bland, soulless TD Garden.9mo · BirdsArentRealYo · r/Lost_Architecture
Casino Theatre, New York City, designed by Francis Kimball and Thomas Wisedell in 1882 and demolished in 1930. The theatre was the first in New York to be lit entirely by electricity, popularized the chorus line and introduced white audiences to African-American shows.7mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Hotel Praha, Prague, Czechia, designed by J. Paroubek, A. Navrátil and R. Sedláček in 1979 and demolished in 2014 due to high operating costs5mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
The C.M. Forbes Mansion in Portland, Oregon; Demolished in 19296mo · marilynnmonrobot · r/Lost_Architecture
A model of medieval Bologna, Italy in 1200. At that time, the city had around 180 independent towers used as residences, shops, prisons etc. Mostly made out of selenite, most towers collapsed over time. Today, only two remain.1yr · brooklynmoon · r/Lost_Architecture
A street in what used to be Königsberg and the same view today in Kaliningrad8mo · pieblaster · r/Lost_Architecture
Vyborg Railway Station, Finland. Designed by Eliel Saarinen in 1913, destroyed by Soviet troops in 1941.5mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Old Post Office of Belgrade: Built in 1929 and destroyed in 1944 by Allied bombings. It was rebuilt, but in the Stalinist style.6mo · jewish_tricks · r/Lost_Architecture
Smith Infirmary, Staten Island, New York.1890-2012. Alfred E. Barlow, architect.1mo · MCofPort · r/Lost_Architecture
La Roque Mansion. Astoria, Queens, New York City. Constructed 1850, Demolished 1965. A room is installed at the Metropolitan Museum, with another in storage.1mo · MCofPort · r/Lost_Architecture
Before and Now in Nepal. 17 CE temple was destroyed by earthquake which was never built again.8mo · Ancient_Nepal · r/Lost_Architecture
Pennsylvania Station, New York City (1910-1963). Demolished to make way for Madison Square Garden.11mo · RealityPizza · r/Lost_Architecture
Palace of People's Labor - Amsterdam - Built in 1864, destroyed by fire in 19296mo · jeandolly · r/Lost_Architecture
Kashi Vishwanath Temple. One of the holiest temples in Hinduism, in the holy city of Varanasi. It was destroyed by the Mughal ruler Aurangzeb.3wk · shivajiii · r/Lost_Architecture
Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal. First built around 1500, it was the primary residence of Portuguese royals until its destruction in the great earthquake and tsunami of 1755.5mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
Inside the Hall of Nations, New Delhi, India, designed by Raj Rewal in 1972 and demolished in 2018 to make way for new development.6mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
National Theater in Budapest, Hungary. Demolished in 1965 due to the construction of the metro.7mo · SerIstvan · r/Lost_Architecture
The 20 foot wide Citizens Building, aka Skinny Minnie, aka the swaying splinter. Detroit Mi 1923 - 1959.7mo · CrotchWolf · r/Lost_Architecture
Greenside, Surrey, England, a pioneering modern house designed in 1937 and demolished in 20034mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
“Clark’s Folly,” formerly located at 962 Fifth Ave. in NYC; demolished in 19276mo · marilynnmonrobot · r/Lost_Architecture
The new synagoge in Wroclaw (the former Breslau). It was build in 1872 and burned down by the Nazis in 1938. Once it was one of the biggest synagoges in Germany.8mo · Dauna_Dulz · r/Lost_Architecture
Berlin Stock Exchange (1859-1863), damaged in WW2, although restorable it was demolished in 1957/810mo · BenjaminBierchen · r/Lost_Architecture
120 William Street, the last building extant from when New York City was a Dutch colony called New Amsterdam. Built in the 1600s, it was finally demolished in the mid-1800s.1yr · Seamus_Malek · r/Lost_Architecture
Main stairway of Gower House, London, designed by Sir William Chambers in 1766. The house, a rare domestic commission fo Chambers, was demolished in 1886.6mo · archineering · r/Lost_Architecture
