Oriel Chambers, Water Street, #Liverpool. Designed by Peter Ellis and completed in 1864. "...the world's first building featuring a metal framed glass curtain wall, which has since become a defining feature of skyscrapers around the world."
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@LiverpoolVista Flats in there now.
@LiverpoolVista @NWBylines Oriel Chambers is Grade 1 Listed for good reason. Ellis's only other known building, 16 Cook Street, a few corners away, is smaller but even more elegant (imho).
@LiverpoolVista 1864 seems so early. Are you sure of that date? Here is the first such building in the US, from 1918
@LiverpoolVista Absolutely beautiful. Many thanks for all the photos
@LiverpoolVista There used to be a restaurant in there many moons ago.