Brisbane, Australia's third largest city, is home to at least 360 completed high-rise buildings, at least 70 high-rise buildings over 100 metres in height, and has 19 completed skyscrapers (and 5 under construction 2024) which exceed the height of 150 metres (490 ft). With the third greatest number of skyscrapers in any city within Australia (behind Melbourne and Sydney), Brisbane boasts some of the tallest buildings in the country, including the city's current tallest, the 270.5 metres (887 ft) Brisbane Skytower, completed in 2019.

All of Brisbane's skyscrapers (defined as buildings with a height greater than 150 metres) are located within the CBD, with large numbers of high-rise buildings also proliferating in the inner suburbs of South Brisbane, Kangaroo Point, Fortitude Valley, Newstead, Teneriffe, New Farm, Bowen Hills, Spring Hill, Milton, Auchenflower, Toowong, Taringa, St Lucia, West End and Woolloongabba.

There is a 274.3 metres (900 ft) height limit for buildings in the CBD. As of 2013, a review of height limits for city skyscrapers has been requested by Brisbane Lord Mayor to allow construction of buildings over 300 metres (980 ft) above sea level.

Brisbane's 91 metre City Hall was the city's tallest building for decades after its completion in 1930 and was finally surpassed in 1970 by the Westpac Building, which marked the beginning of the widespread construction of high-rise buildings over 100 metres in height. The city's first skyscraper with a height of over 150 metres was Central Plaza One, completed in 1988. Central Plaza One and Waterfront Place, completed in 1989, remained the city's only skyscrapers until the completion of the 200 metre Riparian Plaza in 2005, which has since been surpassed on numerous occasions in the widespread construction of skyscrapers which has been ongoing since the mid-2000s.

Brisbane plays host to other structures over 150 metres in height such as the five television transmission towers atop Mount Coot-tha and the Bald Hills Radiator transmission tower however these are not considered to be buildings as they are uninhabitable.

Tallest buildings

This is a list of Brisbane's tallest completed and topped out buildings. Structures are not included. Official heights are ranked by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, and include spires but exclude communications masts and spires. All of the buildings that are listed are over 150m in height.

Under construction and proposed

This is a list of buildings currently under construction or proposed that are planned to reach 150 m in height.

Timeline of tallest buildings

This lists buildings that once held the title of "tallest building in Brisbane".

See also

  • List of tallest buildings on the Gold Coast
  • List of tallest buildings in Oceania

References


Brisbane, Australia April 27, 2016; tallest city building obscures sun

The Top 10 Tallest Buildings in Australia A Listly List

Construction Commences on Brisbane's Tallest Office Tower

The tallest building (Skytower) in Brisbane Australia r/evilbuildings

Tracking Brisbane's tallest buildings through the years