 In 1914 the Cunard Steamship Company commissioned the construction of new headquarters for the company . Cunard 's expansion had meant that they had outgrown their previous offices , which were also in Liverpool , and the site chosen for construction was at the former George 's Dock , in between the Liver Building and Port of Liverpool Building . The building was designed by the architects William Edward Willink and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse and was inspired by the grand palaces of Renaissance Italy . It was constructed by Holland , Hannen & Cubitts between 1914 and 1917 , with Arthur J. Davis , of Mewes and Davis , acting as consultant on the project . 
