This list of tallest buildings in Hobart ranks the tallest in the Australian city of Hobart 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. Most of the buildings in this table are within the city centre, However the 19-storey Wrest Point Casino at 73 m (240 ft) is located several kilometres away. It also stands as the tallest building in the state of Tasmania.
To maintain the city's identity with the nearby Derwent River and Mount Wellington Hobart currently has a range of height limits depending on the location with a 42 m (138 ft) height being the maximum allowable height.[1] There are several buildings above this height that were constructed prior to the current height restrictions and the Hobart City Council has made exceptions to certain developments if it is found that the development in question would benefit the city.[2]
The tallest buildings in Tasmania outside Hobart include the Shot Tower, Taroona (58m) and the Silos Hotel in Launceston (either 46m[3] or 35m.[4])
Rank | Name | Image | Height (m) | Floors | Year | Purpose | Address | Notes |
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1 | Wrest Point Casino hotel tower | 73 m (240 ft) | 19 | 1973 | Hotel | 410 Sandy Bay Road | Designed by Sir Roy Burman Grounds and the tallest building in the state of Tasmania. | |
2 | Royal Hobart Hospital K Block | 68.5 m (225 ft) | 10 | 2020 | Hospital | Campbell Street | The tallest building within the Hobart CBD. | |
3 | NAB House (formerly the AMP Building) |
58 m (190 ft) | 14 | 1968 | Commercial | 86 Collins Street | Designed by Crawford Shurman Wegman Architects. | |
4 | Icon Complex | 53 m (174 ft) | 13 | 2017/18 | Mixed | 96-108 Liverpool Street | Incorporating Myer Hobart and Crowne Plaza Hotel. | |
5 | Commonwealth Government Centre | 52 m (171 ft) | 16 | 1976 | Government | 188 Collins Street | ||
6 | 144 Macquarie Street (formerly TGIO Building) |
51.4 m (169 ft) | 12 | 1974 | Commercial | 144 Macquarie Street | Refurbishment and height extension designed by Xsquared Architects and completed 2014 - 2015 | |
7 | Trafalgar Building | 50 m (164 ft) | 15 | 1987 | Mixed | 108-100 Collins Street | ||
8 | Jaffa Building | 48 m (157 ft) | 14 | 1978 | Commercial | 39 Murray Street | ||
9 | Wellington Centre | 48 m (157 ft) | 14 | 2012 | Mixed | 42 Argyle Street Hobart | Designed by Jaws Architects | |
10 | Hydro Tasmania Building | 46 m (151 ft) | 12 | 1972 | Commercial | 4 Elizabeth Street | ||
11 | Shadforth Building | 46 m (151 ft) | 10 | 1978 | Commercial | 111 Macquarie Street | ||
12 | 65 Murray Street | 45 m (148 ft) | 12 | 1961 | Commercial | 65 Murray Street | Designed by Philip Lighton Floyd and Beattie | |
13 | Deloitte Building (formerly ANZ Centre) |
44 m (144 ft) | 11 | 1992 | Commercial | 22 Elizabeth Street | ||
14 | University of Tasmania student accommodation | 43 m (141 ft) | 15 | 2017 | Residential | 49 Melville Street | ||
15 | Empress Towers | โ | 42 m (138 ft) | 12 | 1967 | Residential | 1-3 Battery Square | |
16 | Hotel Grand Chancellor | 42 m (138 ft) | 12 | 1987 | Hotel | 1 Davey Street | ||
17 | Royal Hobart Hospital A Block | 42 m (138 ft) | 11 | 1967 | Hospital | 48 Liverpool Street | ||
18 | Tasmanian Banking Services Building | โ | 40 m (131 ft) | 11 | 1979 | Commercial | 45 Murray Street | |
19 | Executive Building | 40 m (131 ft) | 10 | 1988 | Government | 15 Murray Street | ||
20 | Lands Building | 40 m (131 ft) | 10 | 1976 | Government | 134 Macquarie Street | ||
21 | Marine Board Building | 39 m (128 ft) | 11 | 1972 | Commercial | 1 Franklin Wharf | ||
22 | Hobart Corporate Centre | โ | 39 m (128 ft) | 11 | 1994 | Commercial | 85 Macquarie Street |
Major future projects
editThis is a list of the tallest buildings under construction, approved or proposed in Hobart.
The proposed hotel at MONA is within the planning boundaries of the Glenorchy City Council and will therefor height restrictions are not expected to be as strict. If approved, the hotel will be one of the tallest buildings in Tasmania.
If completed, 145 Liverpool Street would be one of the largest office buildings within Hobart. However, due to difficulty attracting tenants the future of this development is uncertain.[5]
Name | Height | Storeys | Purpose | Completion | Location | Status | |
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m | ft | ||||||
Palace Hotel | 63 | 207 | 19 | Hotel | TBA | City centre | Under construction[6][7][8] |
36 Argyle Street | 57 | 187 | 15 | Hotel | TBA | City centre | Under construction |
2-6 Collins Street | 51 | 167 | 15 | Mixed | TBA | City centre | Proposed[9] |
145 Liverpool Street | 50 | 160 | 13 | Commercial | TBA | City centre | Proposed[10] |
110 Murray Street | 48 | 157 | 15 | Residential | TBA | City centre | Proposed |
179 Macquarie Street | 42 | 138 | 12 | Residential | TBA | City centre | Proposed |
173-177 Macquarie Street | 38 | 125 | 11 | Hotel | TBA | City centre | Under construction |
2-4 Salamanca Place | 35 | 115 | 7 | Government | 2016 | Salamanca | Under construction |
See also
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- ^ Laura Beavis (1 June 2018). "Launceston enjoying 'unprecedented' boom in large project construction". ABC News.
- ^ According to its thread on Skyscrapercity.com
- ^ "Odeon development on hold". 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Art spurs hotel vision". 12 December 2013.
- ^ "Walsh plans high-rise hotel". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 October 2012.
- ^ "Hobart's proposed 117m Art Tower could become Tasmania's tallest building". TheGuardian.com. 14 June 2015.
- ^ "$250m hotel developments to change Hobart skyline". The Mercury. 24 October 2016.
- ^ "The Icon Complex | A Icon is Reborn |". Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2013.