Top 10 Tallest Building In Australia Today

Top 10 tallest buildings in Australia

Over the last century, Australia has experienced both economic growth and a population boom. This has led to the emergence of several mega towers to meet the economic and population needs of the country. In addition to population and economic growth, the country’s construction industry has undergone enormous expansion and transformation.

Australia has the highest number of skyscrapers per person in the entire world. It is also among the first five countries to experience a skyscraper boom. Below are the 10 tallest buildings in Australia.

The List of top 10 tallest buildings in Australia today

10. Chifley Tower

9. Central Park

8. Infinity Tower

7. Rialto Towers

6. Prima Pearl

5. 1 William Street

4. 101 Collins Street

3. 120 Collins Street

2. Eureka Tower

1. Q1

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10. Chifley Tower

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Home to an elite community of the country’s most influential companies, Chifley holds a competitive advantage in the business world.

A landmark in the Sydney skyline, Chifley towers over the city, built from quality materials of sandstone, marble and steel, the building exudes luxury and opulence with a grand scale lobby and stunning views over Sydney Harbour.

Designed by New York architects Kohn Pedersen Fox in association with Sydney firm Travis Partners, Chifley proudly continues a tradition of architectural strength, inspired by the iconic, art deco buildings of New York.

Chifley’s retail refurbishment creates a sophisticated retail and dining experience that spans across three levels of premium cafes, restaurants, fashion and services. Level One sets a new benchmark for food precincts in Sydney’s CBD with a curated selection of new food concepts by signature chefs and familiar favourites, set in a sophisticated environment.

A true commitment to tenant wellbeing is apparent at every level at Chifley, with our professional Concierge team on hand to offer first class service, and upgraded, world-class end-of-trip facilities including showers, towel service, bike racks and locker facilities.

Ideally located in the heart of the finance district, surrounded by iconic landmarks, cultural inspiration and stunning natural beauty. Chifley’s location ensures connectivity to major transport links with the convenience of onsite car parking.

9. Central Park

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Central Park is a major mixed-use urban renewal project in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia located on Broadway in the suburb of Chippendale. The development is focused on a new public park located just off Broadway of approximately 6,500 square metres (70,000 sq ft) in size. For many decades the southern side of Broadway was dominated by a brewery, which closed in the 2000s and the site was put up for sale. Frasers Property purchased the site from the Fosters Group on 29 June 2007. On a difficult site, the design fitted the towers around the streets, created new public spaces and connections to the city, added 30,000 specially selected plants, included art work, and incorporated pedestrian as well as vehicular access.

The project includes the award-winning high-rise building One Central Park, an apartment complex known for its hanging vertical gardens.

The first stage of the redevelopment is a tower called One Central Park, a 117-metre-tall (384 ft) residential tower designed by Jean Nouvel featuring "vertical gardens" by Patrick Blanc and LED art by Yann Kersalé. Located opposite the UTS Tower, One Central Park is an apartment complex with a shopping centre called Central Park Mall located on the lower levels. The design includes a cantilevered section including a heliostat to provide light to the parkland below. It is the tallest building on the site. Construction by Watpac Construction was completed in October 2013.

In May 2014, the One Central Park East tower was ranked by Emporis as one of the world's best skyscrapers. In July of the same year, it was chosen as the best tall building in Asia and Australia by Chicago based Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). In November 2014 it was named the best tall building in the world by CTBUH. In October 2014 it was named the Overall Winner of the 2014 LEAF Award.

8. Infinity Tower

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The Infinity Tower is a 249-metre (817 ft) skyscraper by Meriton completed in 2014 at 43 Herschel Street Brisbane, Australia. It was the tallest building in Brisbane until it was surpassed by 1 William Street in 2016.

It contains 81 levels of serviced apartments and residential apartments totalling 549 units. It is situated on a relatively small site and is part of the North Quarter district of the Brisbane CBD. It is close to Roma Street railway station, King George Square, Queen Street Mall and the Treasury District. It is also close to the Kurilpa Bridge which gives access to South Bank Parklands and the Queensland Cultural Centre.

Facilities available to tenants includes a spa, lap pool, private gym, sauna and an efficient lift system.

Nearly two-thirds of the building's apartments had been sold as of February 2013.

Excavation began in November 2009 after Meriton purchased the site, which was formerly a ground level carpark, for A$25 million.

In March 2012, Meriton applied for permission from the federal Department of Infrastructure and Transport to operate a crane at a height of 311 m after the Brisbane City Council approved the addition of four storeys to the design.

The building was officially opened by Queensland Premier, Campbell Newman and Meriton boss, Harry Triguboff on 24 July 2013. Levels 25 to 64 had been progressively completed from November 2013 and the overall construction was finished in early 2014.

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7. Rialto Towers

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Rialto (often The Rialto, or Rialto Towers) is a skyscraper located at 525 Collins Street, in the western side of the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the tallest office building in the Southern Hemisphere when it was constructed.

The Rialto featured Melbourne's first skyscraper public observation deck which operated between 1994 and 31 December 2009. It was also the location of Melbourne's first Tower running event.

Designed by architects Gerard de Preu and Partners in association with Perrott Lyon Mathieson, the building was built between 1982 and 1986, opening in October 1986, and takes its name from the much older Rialto Building next door. The massive glass curtain wall façade of reinforced blue tinted mirrored glass is its central feature and changes colour during the day, ranging from a trademark dark blue to a brilliant gold during sunset.

It is 251 m (823 ft) high, with 55 floors and 3 basement floors. It comprises two conjoined towers, the shorter North Tower being 185 m (607 ft) high with 43 floors. In total, there are 84,000 m2 (900,000 sq ft) of office space.

Early tenants moved into the lower floors while the upper floors were still under construction in 1984.

6. Prima Pearl

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Prima Pearl (also referred to as Pearl Tower and Prima Tower) is a residential skyscraper completed in 2014, in the Southbank precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The skyscraper is the sixth–tallest building in Melbourne and the ninth–tallest building in Australia.

The project was relaunched by Schiavello in 2010, this time with the collaboration of fellow developer PDG Corporation. Initially, the proposal submitted to the Minister for Planning was for a skyscraper which would be identical in height to the previous design; however, the number of apartments within the building almost doubled to 616. Other amendments included: a reduction in the number of car park spaces, and an increase to the number of floors within the building (from 63 to 66). During this planning phase, the developers were also pursuing a height increase for the skyscraper, which they later submitted and gained approval. Pursuant to the final plans for the project, the building would comprise two main residential lobbies; 'Prima' would contain half of the residential apartments across the higher section of the building, whilst 'Pearl' would contain the remaining apartments within the lower section of the building. Overall, the skyscraper would reach a height of 254 metres (833 feet), with 72 levels; among amenities such as a swimming pool, the 67–level features a sky–lounge for residents of Prima Pearl.

Early works and construction, which was undertaken by Multiplex on the AUD$292 million skyscraper, commenced as early as March 2012. By July 2014, Prima Pearl had topped–out and was completed later that year. Upon completion, Prima Pearl was the fourth–tallest building in Melbourne and the fifth–tallest building in Australia. It currently remains the fourth-tallest in Melbourne, and has been surpassed as the fifth–tallest in Australia (it is now the sixth).

5. 1 William Street

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A major catalyst project for the Queen’s Wharf precinct, the commercial office tower at 1 William Street was developed and is jointly owned by Cbus Property and ISPT.

The imposing building was designed by Woods Bagot to accommodate the Queensland Public Service. Positioned on the banks of the winding Brisbane River, the architectural form of the tower invites an abstraction of the continuous, sinuous line of the river.

A lustrous, glazed façade, the tower’s cladding reflects and changes with the time of day and quality of sunlight, adjusting to seasonal and climactic variations. Connectivity was achieved via a full-height atrium enabling a non-hierarchical, inclusive workspace with a mix of individual and team based settings.

Drawing inspiration from the Queensland landscape, the scheme seeks to emulate the natural environment, with the application of colour, materiality and texture bringing the outside in. Building on a neutral palette, each level of the building takes cues from the state’s icons and native flora and fauna.

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4. 101 Collins Street

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101 Collins Street is a 260 m (850 ft) skyscraper located in Collins Street, Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. The 57-storey building designed by Denton Corker Marshall was completed in March 1991. Towards the end of project, with a change of developer, the foyer space was designed by Johnson Burgee.

The tower is currently the 7th tallest building in Australia when measured up to the tallest architectural point which is the 60 m (200 ft)-tall spire.

The tower contains 83,000 m2 (890,000 sq ft) of rentable space. The floor-to-ceiling height is unusually large for a skyscraper at 2.77 m (9 ft 1 in). The 30 m (98 ft) lifts can reach speeds of 7 m/s (23 ft/s). There are 414 underground car park spaces. The building contains double glazed windows with surface coated tempered glass to increase thermal efficiency. The CRA Building was demolished for the construction of this building.

The owners of 101 Collins have had a long term policy of buying up surrounding properties in order to protect their views, especially to the south, with an unintended consequence being that older buildings in Flinders Lane now house hip restaurants and bars.

101 Collins Street lends it name to a Yarra Trams stop that is served by routes 11, 12, 48 and 109.

3. 120 Collins Street

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120 Collins Street is a 265 m (869 ft) skyscraper in Collins Street, Melbourne central business district, Victoria, Australia. It was built from 1989 to 1991 and it comprises 50 levels of office accommodation and four levels of plant.

The building was designed by architectural firm Hassell, in association with Daryl Jackson. Structural engineers were Connell Wagner, and mechanical, electrical and fire services engineers were Lincolne Scott.

120 Collins Street is a postmodern style building, paying homage to New York City's grand Art Deco buildings, such as the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building. This influence can be seen in the building's granite façade, its setbacks and its central mast.

The building is home to a number of high-profile tenants including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Bain, BlackRock, Rothschild, Knight Frank, Qualitas, Standard & Poor's, BlueScope, Urbis, Mitsubishi, Rio Tinto Group, Ord Minnet, System Partners, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Korn Ferry.

When completed in August 1991, the building had a roof height of 220 m (720 ft) with a 45 m (148 ft) spire, bringing the total height to 265 m (869 ft). It was the tallest building in Australia for 14 years until it was surpassed by the Q1 in 2005. It remained the tallest building in Melbourne until being surpassed by the residential Eureka Tower in 2006. It is currently the sixth tallest building in Australia.

2. Eureka Tower

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The Eureka Tower is a residential tower block complex on a 52,724ft² (4,900m²) site in the South Bank suburb in Melbourne, Australia. Built with an investment of A$500m, the Eureka tower is one of the tallest buildings in Australia.

The tower was developed by Eureka Tower Pty Ltd, a joint venture (JV) formed by Grocon (the constructor), Tab Fried (a Melbourne investor), Nonda Katsalidis and Karl Fender (the architects).

Construction began in August 2002 while the exterior of the tower was completed by June 2006 and the building was officially opened on 11 October 2006. Residents had occupied apartments up to level 80 by July 2006. By 2009, all the levels were sold except the complete penthouse floor on level 85.

The residential tower in Melbourne is named after the Eureka Stockade rebellion during the 1854 Victoria gold rush (the building crown is gold coloured with a red stripe representing the gold and the bloodshed). The horizontal lines on the building represent the markings on a ruler and the blue façade with white lines is supposed to represent the blue and white flag of the stockade.

The site of construction is an area of reclaimed swampland and the tower has special foundations to reflect this. The tower is 297.3m (984.3ft) high and consists of 91 floors, plus one underground, with 84 floors of apartments and briefly became Australia’s tallest building, superseding the Rialto skyscraper, also situated in Melbourne, by 46.3m.

The elevators for the building were supplied by Otis. In the first stage of the building, Otis supplied nine Elevonic 411 elevator systems for installation adjacent to the central core. In addition, there are two Skyway elevators that rise at a speed of 9m/s and can elevate a car to the top of the building in 40 seconds. The Skyway elevators serve the observation decks.

1. Q1

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Q1 Tower (an abbreviation of Queensland Number One) is a 322.5-metre (1,058 ft) Supertall skyscraper in Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia. The residential tower on the Gold Coast was the world's tallest residential building from 2005 to 2011. As of 2021 it is the eleventh-tallest residential tower in the world, the tallest building in Australia, the second tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere, and the third-tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, behind the Autograph Tower in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand. The Q1 officially opened in November 2005.

The landmark building was recognised as one of Queensland's icons during the state's 150th-birthday celebrations.

At 322.5 metres (1,058 feet) and with a roof height of 245 m (804 ft), Q1 qualifies as the world's eleventh-tallest all-residential building when measured to the top of its structural point (spire), but is ranked lower behind buildings including Melbourne's Australia 108 (roof height of 316.7 m (1,039 ft)) and the Eureka Tower (roof height of 297.3 m (975 ft)) when measured to its roof height and highest inhabitable floor. However, according to the ranking system developed by the U.S.-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, the main criterion by which buildings are ranked is the height of the top of the spire, qualifying Q1 as the taller.

When the Q1 was completed it overtook the 21st Century Tower in Dubai, United Arab Emirates to become the world's tallest residential tower. It is as of December 2011 in the top 50 tallest buildings in the world when measured to its structural point, dwarfing the Gold Coast skyline with the closest buildings to Q1's height being the 220-metre (720 ft) North Tower of Circle on Cavill and the 243-metre (797 ft) Soul building.

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