Cunard Building

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The Cunard Building is a historic early 20th-century waterfront office block in Liverpool, England, famed as one of the city's iconic "Three Graces" on the Pier Head.

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Cunard Building canonical 15
Cunard Building, Liverpool 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic building
landmark
office building
architect Philip Coldwell Thicknesse
William Edward Willink
architecturalFirm Willink and Thicknesse
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

Italian Renaissance Revival architecture
category Buildings and structures in Liverpool
Grade II* listed office buildings
Office buildings completed in 1917
completionDate 1917
coordinates 53.405°N 2.996°W
country England
United Kingdom
famousFor being one of the Three Graces on Liverpool Pier Head
its early 20th-century architecture
its waterfront location
floorCount 9
formerOwner Cunard Line
height approximately 58 m
heritageDesignation Grade II* listed building
heritageStatus part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site (until 2021)
inception early 20th century
locatedInArea Pier Head
locatedOn Liverpool docks
surface form: Liverpool waterfront
location Liverpool
materialUsed Portland stone cladding
reinforced concrete
namedAfter Cunard Line
neighboringBuilding Port of Liverpool Building
Royal Liver Building
openingDate 1917
ownedBy Liverpool City Council
partOf Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City World Heritage Site
surface form: Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City

Three Graces
startDate 1914
use commercial offices
government offices
office building

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Liverpool hasLandmark Cunard Building
Royal Liver Building near Cunard Building
Museum of Liverpool nearby Cunard Building
Pier Head hasLandmark Cunard Building
Pier Head hasStructure Cunard Building
George’s Dock Building locatedNear Cunard Building
Liverpool docks hasLandmark Cunard Building
Site of the Three Graces hasPart Cunard Building
Three Graces comprises Cunard Building
subject surface form: Three Graces (Liverpool)
Queen Victoria Monument locatedNear Cunard Building
subject surface form: Queen Victoria Monument (Liverpool)
Philip Coldwell Thicknesse notableWork Cunard Building
Philip Coldwell Thicknesse notableWork Cunard Building
this entity surface form: Cunard Building, Liverpool
Philip Coldwell Thicknesse architectOf Cunard Building