Royal Liver Assurance Building, Liverpool, Merseyside
In 1908-11 Royal Liver Assurance Company erected a new head office on Liverpool's waterfront; the result being the world famous Liver Building designed by Aubrey Thomas. The first large scale building in the world to be constructed using the then revolutionary technique where a ferro-concrete frame, incorporating a network of columns and steel beams, carried the weight of the outer walls and the floors. The outer walls are thin panels of concrete clad with granite.
