Over a hundred notable buildings shaped like a flatiron have been built worldwide. Such buildings are typically constructed at an intersection of streets or railway tracks that meet at an acute angle. One of the most famous is the Flatiron Building in New York City, which was finished in 1902.
Australia Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Province Description Sydney Dental Hospital 1940 built Chalmers Street, Surry Hills Sydney, New South Wales Streamline Moderne Wales House, Sydney 1922-29 built Pitt Street Sydney, New South Wales OMNIA 2018 completed Victoria Street Sydney, New South Wales Adaptive re-use of the Crest Hotel. Darlinghurst Fire Station 1911 built 1912 opened Victoria Street Sydney, New South Wales The Meudon, Onslow Court 1927 designed1927-8 built Onslow Avenue, Elizabeth Bay Sydney, New South Wales Designed in the Inter-War Free Classical style by architects Crane & Scott. Griffith Teas building 1912 - 1915 built Wentworth Avenue, Surry Hills Sydney, New South Wales Kent, Budden & Greenwell original architects; adaptive reuse by PopovBass. Despite its more quadrilateral shape, referenced by commentators as resembling the Flatiron building. OJ Williams building 1939 built corner Pacific Highway and Willoughby Road, Crows Nest. Sydney, New South Wales Builders Robert Wall & Sons Marcus Clark 'Flatiron' Store 1906 built 814 George Street, Haymarket. Sydney, New South Wales Designed by James Nangle for Marcus Clark and Co. and modelled on the Fuller buildingFV Flatironcompleted 2017179 Alfred Street in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane-27.4566° S 153.0347° EFortitude Valley, Brisbane Developed by the Gurner Group and designed by Elenberg Fraser
Austria Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description The Flatiron, Vienna 1890 built Magdalenstrasse 22 Vienna (city and federal state) Vienna Stadtbaumeister Georg Löwitsch architect 1917-18 built Schwarzenbergplatz 6 Vienna (city and federal state)
Canada
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Province Description Gibson Block 1913 built Jasper Ave. Edmonton, Alberta Flatiron Building (Lacombe, Alberta) 1904 built 50 Ave. & 49c Ave. Lacombe, Alberta Hotel Europe (Vancouver) 1909 built 43 Powell Street Vancouver, British ColumbiaWoodward's 432010 built128 West Cordova Street 49°16′58.6″N 123°6′29.1″WVancouver, British Columbia Coffin Block Building 1830s Front Street and Wellington Street at Church Street Toronto, Ontario First flatiron building in Toronto; demolished in the 1890s and replaced by the Gooderham Building (see below). Gooderham Building, aka Flatiron Building 1892 built1975 Ontario landmark 49 Wellington Street East Toronto, Ontario Romanesque Revival 25 The Esplanade 1988 built 25 The Esplanade Toronto, Ontario CIBC branch at 90 Danforth Avenue at Broadview Avenue 90 Danforth Avenue at Broadview Avenue Toronto by V.C. Horsburgh former Dominion Bank at 533 St Clair Avenue West at Vaughan Road 533 St Clair Avenue West at Vaughan Road Toronto, Ontario Moses Block 1907 built Durham at Elgin Street Sudbury, Ontario A historic site in Sudbury, completed sometime between 1907 and 1915 by Hascal Moses and the Moses Family. The building was branded 'Flat Iron Building' under the eaves. The Delta Block 1917 built1922 second level added Main St. and King St. Hamilton, Ontario Pizza Pizza. Rodier Building 1875 built932 rue Notre-Dame Ouest / rue Saint-Maurice Montreal, Québec "Heritage Montreal, an organization dedicated to the protection of Montreal's heritage has placed this building in its list of ten threatened emblematic sites for 2012."The Dalby Building1865 built143 Metcalfe Street Elora, OntarioDesigned by W.H.L. LaPenotiere and constructed in 1865, The Dalby Building has a storied history as one of Elora's first hotels, hosting council and society meetings, banquets, and even court sessions for the early villagers. It also ran Elora's earliest stagecoach operation. Operating as a hotel under various proprietors for over a century until the early 2000s, it has recently been returned to its roots with the summer 2025 opening of The Ayrshire Hotel. The Dalby Building is the oldest known surviving flatiron building in Canada.
China
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description Wukang Mansion, aka Normandie Apartments 1924 completed 1836–1858 Middle Huaihai Road, Xuhui District Shanghai (city and province) Compare: Normandie Hotel Oi Kwan Hotel (Chinese: 爱群大酒店) 1937 completed 113 Yanjiang W Road Guangzhou, Guangdong
Croatia Pegla (Zadar, Croatia)
Ecuador Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Province Description Casa Vacas de Ortega 1910 built Calle Guayaquil and Calle Montúfar Quito, Pichincha Designed in an eclectic style by an unknown architect.
Finland Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description Silitysrautatalo ("Flatiron building"), Helsinki 1888 built,1937 renovated Vuorimiehenkatu 4, Ullanlinna Helsinki, Uusimaa Originally built to a design by Selim A. Lindqvist. Later comprehensively redesigned by in functionalist style, adding three more stories.
France
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description Flat Iron, Paris 1947 built2024 refurbished 19-25 rue Boissonade Paris, Île-de-France
Germany Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description 1611 built1955 renovated1962-2021 museum Haldenplatz Hattingen, North Rhine-Westphalia Chilehaus 1924 completed Fischertwiete Hamburg (city and state) Forum Tower 1999 completed Potsdamer Platz Berlin (city and state) 2014 completed Martin-Luther-Ring Leipzig, Saxony
Hungary
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description 1913 built 8 Takaréktár Street - 9 Horváth Mihály Street Szeged, Southern Great Plain Name is Hungarian for "Flatiron Building". Designed by Lipót Baumhorn (1860–1932)
Israel Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description 1935 built 56 Lavanda Street Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District Built in the International Style. Name is Hebrew for "Ship Building"
Italy Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description Fetta di Polenta 1840 built Via Giulia di Barolo, 9 Turin, Piedmont
Netherlands
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description Het Strijkijzer 2007 Rijswijkseplein 400 The Hague, South Holland Name is Dutch for "The Iron"
New Zealand
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description Auckland Town Hall 1909 built 305 Queen Street Auckland, Auckland Region Italian Renaissance Revival, likened to a cheese wedge and flat iron when constructed Imperial Building, Dunedin 1906 built 1 Dowling Street and 18 Queens Gardens Dunedin, Otago Queen Anne Revival, designed by Mason & Wales
North Macedonia
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description Adora Flatiron 2017 Available online but can't be linked here. Includes 1:20 video. Boris Trajkovski 1 Skopje, North Macedonia
Portugal
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description Avenida da Liberdade, 155 Avenida da Liberdade, 155 Lisbon, Lisbon metropolitan area
Singapore
Building ImageDatesLocation Planning Area, Region Description The Iveria 2024 completed 2 Kim Yam Road River Valley, Central Region 18 Robinson 2018 completed 18 Robinson Road Downtown Core, Central Region Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox
Slovakia
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description Triangolo 2009 Spojovacia 30 Nitra, Nitra Region Sebastian Nalgy architect
Slovenia
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Region Description 1932-34 built2009 declared cultural monument of national importance Poljanska cesta 1 Ljubljana, Central Slovenia Statistical Region Jože Plečnik and Milan Černigoj, architects. Photo may be seen at :sl:Peglezen
Spain
Building ImageDatesLocationCity, Autonomous community Description Casa Antònia Serra i Mas 1926 Carrer de Pere IV Barcelona, Catalonia Banco de Valencia 1935 designed 1942 built C.del Pintor Sorolla Valencia, Valencian Community Valencian neo-baroque Edificio Metrópolis 1911 opened Calle de Alcalá Madrid, Community of Madrid Beaux-arts design Edificio Grassy 1917 completed Gran Via Madrid, Community of Madrid
Sweden Building ImageDatesLocationTown / City, County Description Flat Iron Building (Stockholm) 2009 built Norra Bantorget Stockholm Designed by Rosenbergs Arkitekter Daneliuska huset aka Strykjärnshuset (Flatiron building) 1901 built Birger Jarlsgatan 20 Stockholm Designed by Erik Josephson
United Kingdom