List of tallest buildings in Melbourne

This is a list of the tallest skyscrapers and other tall buildings (also the ones being built) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Built

Height: R = Roof, P = Pinnacle (top of spire or antenna)

Name (Street address)		Height (m)		Floors	Built	Purpose	Architect(s)
Name (Street address)		R	P	Floors	Built	Purpose	Architect(s)
1	Eureka Tower (7 Riverside Quay)	297.3		91	2006	Residential	Fender Katsalidis Architects
2	120 Collins Street	244	264	52	1991	Office	Daryl Jackson
3	101 Collins Street	195	260	50	1991	Office	Denton Corker Marshall
4	Bourke Place (600 Bourke Street)	224	254	51	1991	Office	Godfrey & Spowers
5	Rialto Towers (525 Collins Street)	251		63	1986	Office	Gerard de Preu / Perrot Lyon Matheison
6	Melbourne Central (350 Elizabeth Street)	211	246	54	1991	Office	Kisho Kurokawa Architects
7	Freshwater Place North (1 Queensbridge Square)	205		60	2005	Residential	Bates, Smart and McCutcheon
8	Telstra Corporate Centre (242 Exhibition Street)	193	219	47	1992	Office	Perrot Lyon Matheison
9	Nauru House (80 Collins Street)	190		54	1977	Office	Perrott Lyon Timlock & Kesa
10	Sofitel Hotel at Collins Place (35 Collins Street)	185.1		50	1981	Hotel	Pei Cobb Freed and Partners / Bates, Smart and McCutcheon
11	ANZ Tower at Collins Place (55 Collins Street)	185		46	1980	Office	Pei Cobb Freed and Partners / Bates, Smart and McCutcheon
12	385 Bourke Street	169		45	1983	Office	Norman Disney & Young
13	Australian Stock Exchange Building	167	175	43	1991	Office
14	Casselden Place (2 Lonsdale Street)	166		43	1992	Office	Hassell
15	Ernst & Young Tower (8 Exhibition Street, Melbourne)	164		36	2004	Office	Denton Corker Marshall
16	PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower	164		36	2004	Office
17	ANZ World Headquarters (100 Queen Street)	162		37	1993	Office	Peddle Thorp, Melbourne
18	Southern Cross Phase 1 (121 Exhibition Street)	161		39	2004	Office	Daryl Jackson / Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners / Woods Bagot Melbourne
19	National Bank House (500 Bourke Street)	161		40	1978	Office
20	2 Southbank Boulevard	161		40	2005	Office
21	Verve 501 Swanston Tower	159		45	2006	Residential
22	Optus Centre (367 Collins Street)	153		34	1975	Office
23	Royal Domain Tower (368 St Kilda Road)	152	162	43	2005	Residential
24	Crown Towers (8 Whiteman Street)	152		43	1997	Hotel	Hudson Conway Architects / Daryl Jackson
25	140 William Street	152		41	1972	Office	Yuncken Freeman Architects
26	Urban Workshop Lonsdale (50 Lonsdale Street)	150		34	2005	Office	John Wardle / Hassell / NH Architecture
27	Yarra's Edge 5 (90 Lorimer Street)	147		46	2004	Residential	Wood Marsh Architects
28	360 Collins Street	142		38	1978	Office
29	Bolte Bridge (for comparison)	140		N/A	1998	Bridge
30	Shell House (1 Spring Street)	136		34	1988	Office	Harry Seidler
31	QV1 at QV Village (275 Russell Street)	132		43	2004	Residential	John Wardle / B N Group
32	Argus Centre (300 La Trobe Street)	132	144	34	1993	Office	Fender Katsalidis Architects
33	IBM Australia Centre (50 City Road)	131		32	1993	Office
34	333 Collins Street	129.2		32	1992	Office	Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan
35	459 Collins Street	129	131	32	1990	Office
36	Victoria Point (740 Bourke Street)	128		42	2005	Residential
37	BHP Billiton Global Headquarters at QV Village	127		29	2003	Office
38	200 Queen Street	126		32	1983	Office
39	City Tower Apartments (183 City Road)	122		37	2004	Residential
40	Melbourne Tower Apartments (173 City Road)	122		37	2004	Residential
41	Republic Towers (299 Queen Street)	122		36	1999	Residential	Fender Katsalidis Architects
42	Marland House (570 Bourke Street)	121		32	1974	Office
43	350 St Kilda Road	120		30	1998	Residential
44	303 Collins Street	120	150	30	1973	Office
45	Rockmans Regency Tower (265 Exhibition Street)	115		33	1997	Residential	Bruce Henderson Architects
46	AMP Square (535 Bourke Street)	113.5		28	1969	Office	Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
47	The Sentinel (70 Kavanagh Street)	113		34	2003	Residential
48	Herald & Weekly Times Tower (40 City Road)	111		26	1992	Office
49	Celsius House (150 Lonsdale Street)	110		30	1978	Office
50	MMBW House (120 Spencer Street)	110		25	1978	Office	Perrott Lyon Timlock & Kesa
51	Southpoint, Melbourne (22 Kavanagh Street)	106		32	2003	Residential
52	The Centurion, Melbourne (83 Whiteman Street)	106		31	2002	Residential
53	500 Collins Street	106		29	1972	Office
54	St Patrick's Cathedral	105		N/A	1937	Religious	William Wardell
55	Yarra's Edge 3 (70 Lorimer Street)	104		31	2003	Residential
56	Franklin Lofts (87 Franklin Street)	104		31	2002	Residential	Peddle Thorp, Melbourne
57	Grand Hyatt Hotel (125 Collins Street)	104		35	1986	Hotel	Peddle Thorp, Melbourne
58	Citypoint (650 Bourke Street)	103		31	2002	Residential
59	The Philadelphia Building (31 Spring Street)	100.6		27	2001	Residential	Robert Peck von Hartel Trethowan
60	Yarra's Edge 4 (80 Lorimer Street)	100		30	2003	Residential
61	Yarra's Edge 1 (50 Lorimer Street)	100		32	2002	Residential
62	TAC House	100		26	1989	Office

Big future projects

CUB Brewery Site Tower 4 350 m (proposed)
SAMA Project 300 m (proposed)
Prima on Southbank 226 m (on-hold)
368 Little Collins Street 200 m
Savoy Tower 179 m
Freshwater Place South 162 m
Prima Tower 160 m (proposed)
Yarra's Edge 8 152 m
71 Collins Street 143 m
Yarra's Edge 6 140 m
Yarra's Edge 10 135 m (proposed)
Yarra's Edge 9 135 m (proposed)
NewQuay Commercial Tower 1 125 m (proposed)
320 City Road 123 m
Milano Apartments 123 m
200 Spencer Street 118 m

Big cancelled projects

Grollo Tower 680 m then 560 m
Melbourne Plaza 338 m
Church Place 302 m then 274 m
Grand Central Tower 228 m
Queen Victoria Market Redevelopment 198 m - would have replaced Queen Victoria Market
Shangri La Hotel Docklands 180 m
Collins Rise 156 m
Imperium Tower 142 m
Matthew Flinders Tower 103 m - would have replaced Flinders Street Station

List Of Tallest Buildings In Melbourne Media

The skyline of Melbourne in January 2019, as viewed from the Shrine of Remembrance
The intersection of Collins Street and Queens Street in 1903.
An aerial view of Melbourne in 1956.
The skyline of Melbourne city as viewed from Williamstown in June 2015.
Melbourne's two tallest buildings, Eureka Tower (left) and Australia 108 (right), were constructed in 2006 and 2020, respectively.
Since the 2000s, high-rise density has taken form in urban renewal regions like Southbank.
The skyline of Melbourne city as viewed from Williamstown in January 2020. Prominent skyscrapers visible in this image include West Side Place Towers A and B (then-under construction), far left; Aurora Melbourne Central, Premier Tower (then-under construction), Bourke Place, and 568 Collins Street, left of centre; the Rialto Towers, centre; 120 Collins Street, 101 Collins Street, Freshwater Place North, Prima Pearl, Eureka Tower, and Australia 108 (then-under construction); and Melbourne Square Tower 1 (then-under construction).
Supertall skyscraper Australia 108 in December 2020. Image has been cropped from original and colour slightly edited.
The Eureka Tower in August 2010. Image has been cropped - check source for full image.
Aurora Melbourne Central in September 2019

Related pages

Other websites

Walking Melbourne tallest buildings over time Archived 2007-10-26 at the Wayback Machine
SkyscraperPage (Database of Skyscrapers)