List of tallest buildings in Sydney

This is a list of the tallest buildings in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, which measures all structures to the highest architectural detail. Since August 1981, the tallest structure in Sydney is the Sydney Tower, at 309 m (1,014 ft). However, according to the international standard of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, observation towers are not fully habitable and do not count as buildings. Excluding the Sydney Tower, the tallest building in Sydney is the Citigroup Centre, which was completed in 2000 and stands at 243 m (797 ft). It is also the eight tallest building in Australia. Sydney originally had a 46 m (151 ft) height limit that was enforced until 1957, which saw a construction boom for skyscrapers and buildings. Its height limit now stands at 235 m (771 ft).

Edited by Wikipedia Contributor : Costa D

Tallest buildings and structures 310m-185m

Rank	Name	Image	Height (m)	Floors	Year	Address	Rank
0	Sydney Tower		309	19	1981	100 Market Street		Although tallest building in Sydney, Sydney Tower is not a habitable building as it is mainly for observation and is not fully habitable. 275m to Roof.
1	Governor Phillip Tower		254	64	1993	1 Farrer Place	Tallest Building to antenna however the antenna is not included as part of the height so it is officially 227m to roof height.
=2	Chifley Tower		244	53	1992	122 Phillip Street	A 3-metre lightning rod was added in 2000, but is not counted by CTBUH as it does not constitute an architectural feature leaving the buildings official height down to 241. The Roof height is 206. It is one of the most expensive building in the world at AU$1.2 billion
=2	MLC Centre		244	67	1977	19 Martin Place	227 to roof height and 244 to antenna and tallest building in Sydney from 1977 to 1992.
4	Citigroup Centre		243	50	2000	506 George Street	Officially the tallest building as it is the tallest in roof height.
5	Deutsche Bank Place		240	39	2005	126 Phillip Street	This building is the second-tallest building in the world with fewer than 40 floors. Al Faisaliyah Center (Riyadh) is taller with the roof height being 160.
6	Meriton World Tower		230	73	2004	85 Liverpool Street	Tallest residential building in Sydney. Tallest building in Sydney without a spire and is owned by Meriton Apartments. Part of the World Square complex.
7	Ernst & Young Tower		222	45	2004	680 George Street	Part of the World Square complex. Roof height is 190.
8	RBS Tower		219	41	2001	88 Phillip Street	For commercial and residential purposes (mainly commercial). More commonly known as Aurora Place but officially RBS Tower. 188 to roof.
10	Suncorp Place		182	48	1982	259 George Street	Started construction in 1970 and wasn't completed until 1982, as the project was delayed many times.
11	AMP Centre	—	188	45	1976	50 Bridge Street	Tallest building in Sydney from 1976-1977 until it was surpassed by the MLC Centre a year later.

Tallest buildings and structures 184m-151m

Rank
	Building	Spire height		Roof height		Storeys	Completed	Usage	Status	Address
m		ft	m	ft
=12	Capita Centre	183	600	157	515	31	1989	Commercial	Completed	9 Castlereagh Street
=12	Century Tower	183	600	158	518	54	1997	Residential	Completed	343 Pitt Street
14	Grosvenor Place	—	—	180	591	45	1988	Commercial	Completed	225 George Street
=15	Australia Square Tower	—	—	170	558	46	1967	Commercial	Completed	264 George Street
=15	Meriton Tower	—	—	170	558	48	2006	Residential	Completed	551 George Street
17	The Peak	168	551	153	502	46	1996	Residential	Completed	2 Quay Street
=18	1 O'Connell Street	166	545	155	509	36	1991	Commercial	Completed	1 O'Connell Street
=18	Westpac Place	166	545	144	472	35	2005	Commercial	Completed	251 Kent Street
=20	201 Elizabeth Street	—	—	164	538	40	1978	Commercial	Completed	201 Elizabeth Street
=20	Gateway Plaza	—	—	164	538	46	1989	Commercial	Completed	1 Macquarie Place
22	HSBC Centre	162	531	151	495	37	1988	Commercial	Completed	586 George Street
23	The Cove	—	—	158	518	45	2003	Residential	Completed	129 Harrington Street
24	Hordern Tower	156	512	130	427	48	1999	Commercial	Completed	401 Pitt Street
25	1 Bligh Street	—	—	154	505	29	2011	Commercial	Completed	1 Bligh Street
26	Angel Place	—	—	152	499	35	2000	Commercial	Completed	117 Pitt Street
=26	Sydney Central	152	499	136	446	31	1992	Commercial	Completed	477 Pitt Street
=28	Lumiere Residences	—	—	151	495	47	2007	Residential	Completed	487 George Street
=28	85 Castlereagh Street	—	—	151	495	32	2012	Commercial	Completed	85 Castlereagh Street

Tallest Buildings Under Construction

Rank .	Building	Height	Storeys	Due for Completion	Usage	Address
1	ANZ Bank Centre	195	46	2013	Commercial	163 Castlereagh Street

Major future projects

This is a list of approved highrise/skyscrapers set for Sydney.

Name	Height		Storeys	Purpose	Completion	Status
	m	ft
115 Bathurst Street	235	771	65	Residential	2014	Approved
Crown Sydney (Barangaroo)	220	720	55	Casino	2015	Proposed
C3 Tower (Barangaroo)	216	709	50	Commercial	2015	Approved
1 Richard Johnson Square	205	673	30	Residential	2015	Proposed
Pier Hotel (Barangaroo)	200	660	50	Residential	2015	Approved
1 Alfred Street	187	614	55	Residential	2014	Approved
C4 Tower (Barangaroo)	178	584	43	Office	2014	Approved

Sydney Skyline

A panorama of the Sydney skyline. Right to left, the seven tallest visible structures are AMP Centre, Governor Phillip Tower, Aurora Place, Chifley Tower, Deutsche Bank Place, MLC Centre (background), Sydney Tower and Citigroup Centre, Sydney (Distance) and World Tower Distance.

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Australia
• List of tallest buildings and structures in Australia
• Buildings and architecture of Sydney

References

• Emporis (General database for Skyscrapers)