16 Cook Street

Listed building in Liverpool, England June 2025 June 2025 16 Cook Street 16 Cook Street 2019.jpg 200 The building in 2019 Liverpool, England 53 24 22 N 2 59 21 W region:GB_type:landmark inline,title 1866 Peter Ellis yes Grade II* Listed Building 16, Cook Street 12 July 1966 1068298 y none 16 Cook Street in Liverpool, England, is the world's second glass curtain walled building.16 Cook Street Cook Street, Liverpool, UK http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=641 Engineering Timelines 25 September 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150926102454/http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=641 2015-09-26http://www.liverpool.engineeringwalks.com/LiverpoolEngWalk/3.html Cooke Street Liverpool Engineering Walk 30 September 2022 Designed by Peter Ellis in 1866, it is a Grade II* listed building.1068298 16, Cook Street 26 June 2025 cs2 Built two years after Oriel Chambers on Water Street, the architect's best-known work, it shows the development of Ellis' style. Its floor to ceiling glass allows light to penetrate deep into the building, contrasting strongly with the adjacent structures. It has been suggested that American architect John Root was influenced by the construction of both buildings, having studied in Liverpool at the time of their construction.http://www.liverpool.engineeringwalks.com/LiverpoolEngWalk/9.html Water Street / 4 Liverpool Engineering Walk 25 September 2015 5 October 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161005091907/http://www.liverpool.engineeringwalks.com/LiverpoolEngWalk/9.html dead Both 16 Cook Street and Oriel Chambers were featured in the ITV (Granada / Tyne Tees) television programme Grundy's Northern Pride, looking at John Grundy's favourite buildings in the north of England, which aired on 9 January 2007.June 2025 See also Architecture of Liverpool Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool – City Centre Grade II* listed buildings in Merseyside References External links Page on the Liverpool Architectural Society website 1068298 Category:Grade II* listed buildings in Liverpool Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1866 Category:1866 establishments in England