List of tallest buildings in Brisbane

The skyline of Brisbane at night.

This is a list of the tallest buildings in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Brisbane has 60 skyscrapers with a height greater than 100 metres, the third greatest number of any city in Oceania (behind Sydney and Melbourne).^[1]

There is the 274.3 metres 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 above sea level.^[2]

At 260 metres, 1 William Street is the tallest building in Brisbane.

Tallest buildings

1 William Street is the tallest building in Brisbane

Infinity Tower is the second tallest building in Brisbane

Soleil Tower, Brisbane's third tallest building

Aurora Tower, Brisbane's fourth tallest building

Riparian Plaza, Brisbane's fifth tallest building

This is a list of Brisbane's tallest completed and topped out buildings as of 2015.^[3] 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.^[4]

Rank	Name	Height	Storeys	Usage	Year	Notes
1	1 William Street	260 m	46	office	2017	Topped out in December 2015.
2	Infinity	249 m	81	residential	2013	Tallest building in Brisbane from 2013 until 2015.
3	Soleil	243 m	74	residential	2011	Tallest building in Brisbane 2011 until 2013. 2nd-tallest building in Australia including basements.
4	Aurora	207 m	69	residential	2006	Tallest building in Brisbane from 2006 until 2011.
5	Riparian Plaza	200 m	53	mixed use	2005	Tallest building in Brisbane 2005 until 2006. Notable for its 50-metre communications mast.
6	One One One Eagle Street	195 m	54	office	2012	Notable for the curved columns visible through its facade.
7	Central Plaza One	174 m	44	office	1988	Tallest building in Brisbane 1988 until 2005.
8	275 George Street	171 m	32	office	2009	Notable for being one of the few Buildings in Brisbane with an architectural spire. Floors 2 to 22 are occupied by Telstra and floors 23 to 30 are occupied by QGC
9	Waterfront Place	162 m	40	office	1989	Notable for its curved blue glass facade.
10	480 Queen Street	153 m	34	office	2016	Topped out in November 2015.
11	180 Brisbane	152 m	34	office	2015	Topped out in October 2015.
12	Brisbane Square	151 m	38	office	2006	Serves as the headquarters of the Brisbane City Council and Suncorp.
13=13	400 George Street	150 m	37	office	2009	Notable for its proximity to the neighbouring Santos Place.
13=13	Skyline Apartments	150 m	48	residential	2007	Noted for its proximity to Soleil in Petrie's Bight.
15	Santos Place	146 m	38	office	2009	Notable for its proximity to the neighbouring 400 George Street.
16=16	M on Mary	145 m	46	residential	2007
16=16	111 George Street	145 m	30	office	1993	Notable for its steel pyramid-shaped apex. It is fully occupied by the Queensland Government
18	Riverside Centre	142 m	40	office	1986	Tallest building in Brisbane from 1986 until 1988.Shares design elements with neighbouring Riparian Plaza.
19	Charlotte Towers	138 m	44	residential	2007
20=20	AMP Place	135 m	35	office	1977	Tallest building in Brisbane from 1977 until 1985.Informally referred to as The Gold Tower.
20=20	Festival Towers	135 m	42	residential	2006
22	BDO Place	134 m	35	office	1983	Informally referred to as The Blue Tower.
23	Felix Tower	131 m	40	residential	2004
24	King George Central (CUA Central)	129 m	27	office	2012
25	State Law Building	128 m	30	office	1977	Informally referred to as The Gotham Building or The Batman Building because of its distinctive top. Serves as the headquarters for the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney General.
26	Rio Tinto Tower	127 m	26	office	2011
27=27	River Place Apartments	126 m	38	residential	2002
27=27	Admiralty Towers II	126 m	38	residential	1996
29	Macrossan Apartments	125 m	37	residential	2010
30	River City Apartments	124 m	39	residential	2003
31=31	Casino Tower	120 m	39	residential	2005
31=31	Metropole Apartments	120 m	39	residential	2004
31=31	Commonwealth Bank Brisbane	120 m	28	office	1989
34	Emirates House	119 m	24	office	1973	Tallest building in Brisbane 1973 until 1977.
35	Suncorp Plaza	118 m	26	office	1971	Tallest building in Brisbane 1971 until 1973. An LED digital clock stands atop the building Was occupied by Suncorp until 2006.
36=36	212 on Margaret	115 m	33	residential	2004
37	288 Edward Street	112 m	30	office	1979
38=38	Evolution	111 m	37	residential	2007
38=38	239 George Street	111 m	30	office	1976	An LED weather beacon stands atop the building. Operational from 1976 until 2007.
40=40	Central Plaza Two	110 m	30	office	1990	Design complements Central Plaza One, part of the same complex.
40=40	Energy and Water Supply House	110 m	30	office	1984	Serves as the headquarters for the Queensland Department of Energy and Water Supply.
40=40	Metro 21 (21 Mary St)	110 m	39	residential	2004
43	215 Adelaide Street	109 m	28	office	1985
44	Four Points by Sheraton Brisbane (99 Mary Street)	107 m	33	hotel	2014
45=45	Brisbane Marriott Hotel	106 m	28	hotel	1998
45=45	324 Queen Street	106 m	26	office	1982	Used as ANZ's Queensland office. Serves as the headquarters for the ANZ Fraud Squad.
47=47	Westpac Building	105 m	23	office	1970	Used as Westpac's Queensland office.
47=47	Education, Training and Employment House	105 m	30	office	1988	Serves as the Headquarters for the Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment
47=47	Terrica Place	105 m	24	office	1996	Houses the Brisbane offices for the Commonwealth of Australia
50=50	National Australia Bank House	104 m	26	office	1981	Used as National Australia Bank's Queensland office.
50=50	HSBC Centre	104 m	25	office	1983	Used as HSBC's Australian headquarters.
52=52	Bupa Centre (179 Turbot Street)	103 m	25	office	2009	Serves as the Australian headquarters for Bupa.
52=52	Admiralty Quays	103 m	32	residential	1998
52=52	Matisse Tower	103 m	24	office	2009
52=52	The Milton	103 m	31	residential	2015
56=56	Mantra on Queen	102 m	32	residential	1999
56=56	307 Queen Street	102 m	29	office	1977
56=56	333 Ann Street	102 m	25	office	2008
59	Madison Heights	100 m	30	mixed use	2014

Under construction and proposed

This is a list of buildings currently under construction or proposed that are planned to reach 100 m in height.^[5]

Name	Height	Storeys	Usage	Completion	Status
30 Albert Street	270 m	91	residential	TBA	Approved[6]
Brisbane Skytower (222 Margaret Street)[7]	270 m	90	apartments/hotel	2018	Under construction
300 George Street[8]	260.60 m	82	residential	2017	Under construction
195 - 199 Elizabeth Street	196 m	62	residential	2019	Approved
500 George Street	191 m	60	residential	2018	Proposed
443 Queen Street	185 m	47	residential	2019	Approved
300 George Street	181.60 m	40	office	2017	Under construction
Regent Tower[9]	158 m	42	office	2014	Approved
Abian Apartments[10]	148 m	40	residential	2016	Under construction
111+222 – 111 Mary Street	131 m	38	office	2018	Approved
550 Queen Street - Spire [11]	130 m	39	residential	2017	Under construction
300 George Street	121 m	32	office	2017	Under construction
The Boulevard[12]	120 m	32	mixed	2015	Approved
Grace on Coronation Tower C	105m	28	residential	TBA	Proposed
The Boulevard[12]	104 m	29	mixed	2015	Approved
The Boulevard[12]	104 m	24	mixed	2015	Approved
9 Hubert St[13]	102 m	30	residential	2015	Proposed
186 Wickham St	102 m	28	residential	2015	Proposed

See also

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

References

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8. 300 George Street Blog. 300 George Street Blogumentary.
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10. 'Skirted' building gets go-ahead Tony Moore (8 February 2011). 'Skirted' building gets go-ahead. Business Day. Fairfax Media. Retrieved on 13 December 2011.
12. Buranda – Transit-Orientated Development. Anthony John Group.
13. Proposed: Chalk Hotel Redevelopment. Effyis.