Architecture – Liverpool, England – Daily Photo

Liverpool has a number of interesting buildings including this recent addition which is the Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral nicknamed Paddy’s Wig-Wam. Built in 1962 the cathedral was designed by English architect Frederick Gibberd who won the honor in a competition.

This interesting building is the Grand Central Hall. It was built originally as a Methodist church. The style of the architecture reminds me of the Byzantine nested domes of Hagia Sofia in Istanbul. It was also originally used as the New Century Picture Hall cinema since it was built to seat 3576 people.

Here are two more buildings that I don’t know the history of. When you are in any city with buildings designed before the 1950s be sure to look up and note the interesting architectural details that were common before the modern architectural style.

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