List of tallest buildings in Canberra explained

This list of tallest buildings in Canberra ranks the tallest in Australia's capital city 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 High Society Towers at 113m and 100m respectively, with 27 storeys, are the tallest in the city. It is in Belconnen, a district of North Canberra.

The maximum height of buildings in Canberra Central is above sea level, generally about above ground level in Canberra City, in compliance with the RL617 rule in the National Capital Authority's National Capital Plan.^{[2] [3]} As a result, the highest buildings are now found in the outer town centres, such as Phillip and Belconnen.

Tallest buildings

These are the high-rise buildings of Canberra. There are taller structures in Canberra, including Black Mountain Tower at 1950NaN0, Gungahlin MF (a guyed mast located between Kaleen and Mitchell) at 1930NaN0,^[4] and Parliament House (including the flagpole) at 1070NaN0.

Name		Height[5] [6]	Floors	Built	Purpose	Location
1	High Society Tower 1	1130NaN0[7]	27	2020	Residential	Belconnen
2	High Society Tower 2	1000NaN0	27	2020	Residential	Belconnen
3	Lovett Tower	930NaN0	25	1973	Office	Phillip
4	Wayfarer Apartments	880NaN0	27	2016	Residential	Belconnen
5	Grand Central Towers	85 m (278.8 ft)[8]	26	2020	Residential	Phillip
6	Cirrus Tower 1	850NaN0	24	2021	Residential	Belconnen
7	WOVA Tower 1	770NaN0[9]	24	2021	Residential	Phillip
8	Infinity Towers 1	700NaN0	22	2018	Residential	Gungahlin
9	Altitude Apartments	680NaN0	21	2013	Residential	Belconnen
10	Dusk (Republic)	680NaN0	22	2020	Residential	Belconnen
11	Ruby 1	670NaN0	18	2019	Residential	Gungahlin
12	Grand Central Towers 2	670NaN0	16	2020	Residential	Phillip
13	Infinity Towers 2	640NaN0	20	2018	Residential	Gungahlin
14	Sentinel Apartments	620NaN0	20	2013	Residential	Belconnen
15	Cirrus Tower 2	620NaN0	18	2021	Residential	Belconnen
16	Scarborough House	610NaN0	15	1975	Office	Phillip
17	Pacific International (Capital Tower)	600NaN0	20	1996	Residential	Civic
18	SkyPlaza	600NaN0	20	2005	Residential	Phillip
19	The ApARTments	600NaN0	18	2010	Residential	Civic
20	Mayfair Apartments	590NaN0	16	2016	Residential	Civic
21	Ivy Woden	590NaN0	16	2020	Residential	Phillip
22	Republic	590NaN0	16	2020	Residential	Belconnen
23	London Tower (The Metropolitan)	580NaN0	19	2006	Residential	Civic
24	Ernst & Young, 121 Marcus Clarke St	580NaN0	12	2008	Office	Civic
25	Oaks Woden	580NaN0	16	2021	Residential	Phillip
26	Sirius Building	570NaN0	10	2010	Office	Phillip
27	The Carrington	560NaN0	15		Residential	Kingston
28	Highgate	560NaN0	18	2018	Residential	Civic
29	Kingston Tower	560NaN0	15	1985	Residential	Kingston
30	New Acton Nishi Apartments	550NaN0	17	2013	Residential	Civic
31	QT Canberra	550NaN0	18	1972	Hotel	Civic
32	SAP House	550NaN0	15	1989	Office	Civic
33	Manhattan on the Park	540NaN0	16	2013	Residential	Civic
34	Park Avenue	540NaN0	18	2020	Residential	Civic
35	Capital Apartments	540NaN0	15	1992	Residential	Civic
36	Customs House	530NaN0	12	2014	Office	Civic
37	18 Marcus Clarke Street	520NaN0	12	2007	Office	Civic
38	15 London Circuit	520NaN0	14	1971	Office	Civic
39	Labor Club	520NaN0	14	2019	Commercial	Belconnen
40	Jade	520NaN0	14	2019	Residential	Gungahlin
41	Ruby 2	520NaN0	14	2019	Residential	Gungahlin
42	50 Marcus Clarke Street	510NaN0	11	2010	Office	Civic
43	ACTEW House, 221 London Circuit	500NaN0	12	1968	Office	Civic
44	Canberra Hospital	500NaN0	11	1973	Hospital	Garran
45	Canberra House	500NaN0	13	1974	Office	Civic
46	CFM Building / Avaya House (12 & 14 Moore St)	500NaN0	14	1986	Office	Civic
47	Industry House	500NaN0	14	2006	Office	Civic
48	Constitution Place	500NaN0[10] [11]	12	2021	Mixed use	Civic
49	National Capital Centre	480NaN0	13	1992	Office	Civic
50	355/325 Anketell St (Southport)	480NaN0	13	2017	Residential	Greenway
51	AMP Building	470NaN0	13	1964	Office	Civic
52	Metropol	470NaN0	13	2021	Residential	Reid
53	The Metropolitan Tower 2	460NaN0	15	2006	Residential	Civic
54	Julianna Building	450NaN0	12	1973	Office	Phillip
55	Section 84	450NaN0	11	2006	Office	Civic
56	St George Centre, 60 Marcus Clarke	450NaN0	13	1988	Office	Civic
57	Nishi Building	440NaN0	12	2013	Office	Civic
58	Woden Trilogy	440NaN0	12	2017	Residential	Phillip
59	311 Anketell St (Southquay)	440NaN0	12	2017	Residential	Greenway
60	Barrandi Centre	400NaN0	10	2009	Office	Civic
61	5 Farrell Place	400NaN0	9	2007	Office	Civic
62	High Court of Australia	400NaN0	9	1980	Court	Parkes
63	MLC Building	380NaN0	9	1959	Office	Civic
64	T&G Building	350NaN0	9	1963	Office	Civic
65	Hobart Place Office Tower	350NaN0	9	1962	Office	Civic

Tallest buildings proposed or under construction

Name		Height	Floors	Purpose	Status[12]	Location
3	Unnamed, Doma		16-20, 16, 12, 10[13]	Mixed use	Proposed	Phillip
4	Belconnen Centre	66 m	20	Residential	Proposed	Belconnen
5	Air Towers	58 m (190.2 ft)	18	Residential	Under construction[14]	Gungahlin
6	Corkscrew	?	16, 14[15]	Mixed use	Proposed	Phillip
8	Unnamed, WH Moore Trust		16	Student residential	Approved[16]	Civic
9	Oaks Woden		16, 16, 11	Residential	Under construction[17] [18]	Phillip
13	Section 96	50	13	Commercial/hotel	Proposed[19]	Civic
14	Meriton Hotel	50	16	Hotel	Proposed[20]	Civic

See also

• List of tallest buildings in Australia
• List of tallest buildings in Oceania

Notes and References

1. http://www.ctbuh.org/TallBuildings/HeightStatistics/Criteria/tabid/446/language/en-US/Default.aspx CTBUH Height Criteria
2. Web site: How tall is too tall?. 29 April 2018.
3. https://www.nca.gov.au/sites/default/files/National%20Capital%20Plan_rev%20September%202019.pdf
4. Web site: Global communications infrastructure provider | BAI Commuications . Broadcastaustralia.com.au . 2022-05-02.
5. Web site: Buildings of Canberra. https://web.archive.org/web/20190703234827/https://www.emporis.com/city/100509/canberra-australia/status/all-buildings/1. usurped. 3 July 2019. 31 December 2021.
6. Web site: 100 Tallest Completed Buildings in the World – the Skyscraper Center.
7. Web site: 21 July 2020. Canberra tallest high-rise building, Geocon's High Society in Belconnen, has topped out. The Canberra Times.
8. Web site: Zapari and Geocon's Grand Central Towers development approved for Woden centre. 31 January 2018.
9. Web site: 9 November 2024. WOVA Geocon. Geocon.
10. Web site: Construction of $300m Constitution Place development begins in Canberra city. 1 December 2017.
11. Web site: Constitution Place awarded 2021 Project of the Year. 23 October 2021.
12. Web site: Canberra . https://web.archive.org/web/20190703234827/https://www.emporis.com/city/100509/canberra-australia/status/all-buildings/1 . usurped . 3 July 2019 . Emporis . 2022-05-02.
13. Web site: Doma unveils mixed-use plans for key Woden site.
14. Web site: UPDATED: Air Towers Development Application. 7 November 2017.
15. Web site: Zapari plans $400m high-rise development on prime Woden site.
16. Web site: 16-storey tower in city near ANU will cater for students only.
17. Web site: Another apartment tower planned for Woden, and there are more to come. 9 November 2018.
18. Web site: Plans lodged for two more towers on Yamba Sports Club site in Woden.
19. Web site: Developer bristles at Review Panel verdict on $200 million city development.
20. Web site: City's first Meriton one step closer with car park DA.