List of tallest buildings in Wellington

The Majestic Centre, the tallest building in Wellington

The BNZ Tower, the 2nd tallest building in Wellington

Vodafone on The Park (left), Forsyth Barr House, and Bayleys Building

Bowen House (left) and the Beehive

This list of tallest buildings in Wellington ranks the tallest in the New Zealand capital city of Wellington by height. This ranking system, created by the US-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat includes the height to a spire but not to an antenna.^[1] The Majestic Centre is the tallest skyscraper in the city at 116 metres (381 ft).

Tallest buildings

The list below contains the top 50 buildings in the city at 50 m (164 ft) high and above. All are High-rises except for the 1st and 2nd ranked buildings which are Skyscrapers.

Name		Height[2]	Floors[2]	Built[2]	Purpose	Notes
1	Majestic Centre	116 m (381 ft)	29	1991	Office
2	State Insurance Building	103 m (338 ft)	27	1984	Office	Originally opened as the BNZ Centre
3	HSBC Tower	94 m (308 ft)	25	2003	Office
4	Bowen House	90 m (295 ft)	22	1991	Office
5	Vodafone on the Park	90 m (295 ft)	25	1998	Office
6	James Cook Grand Chancellor	88 m (289 ft)	26	1972/1998	Hotel
7	Plimmer Towers	84 m (276 ft)	25	1975	Hotel	Originally opened as the Williams Centre
8	125 The Terrace	77 m (253 ft)	21	1986	Office
9	The Beehive	72 m (236 ft)	10	1981	Office
10	Grant Thornton House	70 m (230 ft)	18	1983	Office	Formerly known as ANZ Tower
11	Maritime Tower	70 m (230 ft)	18	2006	Office
12	Westpac Tower	70 m (230 ft)	18	1978	Office
13	Morrison Kent House	70 m (230 ft)	21	1969	Office
14	Fujitsu House	66 m (217 ft)	18	1985	Office	Formerly known as Caltex Tower
15	Novell House	65 m (213 ft)	17	1975	Office
16	PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower	65 m (213 ft)	19	1988	Office
17	Chews Lane Tower	64 m (210 ft)	19	2009	Office/Residential
18	Charles Fergusson Building	61 m (200 ft)	17	1976	Office
19	Vogel Building	61 m (200 ft)	17	1966	Office
20	Bayleys Building	60 m (197 ft)	16	1989	Office
21	Bolton Hotel	60 m (197 ft)	20	2004	Hotel
22	Sovereign Insurance Centre	60 m (197 ft)	17	1984	Office
23	No.1 The Terrace	60 m (197 ft)	17	1978	Office
24	Two Hunter Street	60 m (197 ft)	16	1991	Office
25	City Tower	60 m (197 ft)	16	1991	Office
26	Forsyth Barr House	60 m (197 ft)	16	1989	Office
27	Pastoral House	60 m (197 ft)	15	1978	Office
28	Quest on Johnston	55 m (180 ft)	18	2000	Hotel
29	Terrace Heights Apartments	55 m (180 ft)	17		Residential
30	AXA Tower	55 m (180 ft)	17	1989	Office
31	Stafford House	55 m (180 ft)	14	1977	Office
32	Avalon	55 m (180 ft)	11	1969	Office
33	National War Memorial Carilon	51 m (167 ft)		1932	Clock/Bell Tower
34	20 Oriental Parade	50 m (164 ft)	16		Residential
35	Holiday Inn	50 m (164 ft)	16	2006	Hotel
36	Mercer Tower	50 m (164 ft)	15	1989	Office
37	Public Trust Building	50 m (164 ft)	15	1982	Office
38	The Freyburg Building	50 m (164 ft)	15	1979	Office
39	Investment House	50 m (164 ft)	15	1977	Office
40	Simpl House	50 m (164 ft)	15	1987	Office
41	Sovereign Centre	50 m (164 ft)	14		Office
42	AMI Plaza	50 m (164 ft)	14		Office
43	Rutherford House	50 m (164 ft)	14		Office
44	Sovereign House	50 m (164 ft)	14	1988	Office
45	Castrol House	50 m (164 ft)	14	1987	Office
46	Westpac Trust Investment House	50 m (164 ft)	14	1982	Office
47	Terenco Finance House	50 m (164 ft)	13	1987	Office
48	BNZ Trust House	50 m (164 ft)	13	1985	Office
49	AT&T Tower	50 m (164 ft)	13		Office
50	Alcatel Lucent House	50 m (164 ft)	13	1988	Office	Formerly Telecom House

Cancelled

Name	Height*	Floors*	Notes
Lambton Tower	≈120 metres (394 ft)	31	Proposed in 1991 for the Wellington Waterfront.[3]

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Auckland
• List of tallest buildings in Christchurch
• List of tallest buildings in Oceania

References

1. CTBUH Height Criteria. CTBUH. Retrieved on 4 March 2013.
2. "Buildings of Wellington". Retrieved 7 March 2013.
3. Kate Chapman (2015-07-13). "Wellington's waterfront - 20 years in the making". Dominion Post.

External links

• Emporis.com Wellington High-rise Buildings