List of tallest buildings in Wellington
Appearance
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This list of tallest buildings in Wellington ranks the tallest building's 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 60 buildings in the city at 50 m (164 ft) high and above. All are High-rises except for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd ranked buildings which are skyscrapers.
Name | Height[2] | Floors[2] | Built[2] | Purpose | Notes | |
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1 | Majestic Centre | 116 m (381 ft) | 29 | 1991 | Office | |
2 | Aon Centre (Wellington) | 103 m (338 ft) | 27 | 1984 | Office | Originally opened as the BNZ Centre |
3 | HSBC Tower | 101 m (331 ft) | 25 | 2003 | Office | Is 94M to roof height and 101M to the Spire[3] |
4 | NTT Tower | 93 m (305 ft) | 25 | 1998 | Office | Formerly Mobil on the Park, Vodafone on the Park and Dimension Data Tower[4] |
5 | Bowen House | 90 m (295 ft) | 22 | 1991 | Office | |
6 | James Cook Hotel 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 | Morrison Kent House | 76 m (249 ft) | 21 | 1969 | Office | [5] |
10 | The Beehive | 72 m (236 ft) | 10 | 1981 | Office | |
11 | 113 The Terrace | 72 m (236 ft) | 19 | 1988 | Office | Formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower; currently the home of Wellington City Council[6] |
12 | 111 Dixon Street[7] | 70 m (230 ft) | 20 | 2019 | Residential | |
13 | Maritime Tower | 70 m (230 ft) | 18 | 2006 | Office | |
14 | Grant Thornton House | 70 m (230 ft) | 18 | 1983 | Office | Formerly known as ANZ Tower |
15 | Westpac Tower | 70 m (230 ft) | 18 | 1978 | Office | |
16 | Chews Lane Tower | 70 m (230 ft) | 19 | 2009 | Office/Residential | |
17 | Aurora Centre[8] | 68 m (223 ft) | 19 | 1968 | Office | Was the tallest building in Wellington when completed. Underwent a major facelift in 2016-17 |
18 | Equinox House[9] | 68 m (223 ft) | 16 | 1987 | Office | |
19 | Radio New Zealand House | 68 m (223 ft) | 13 | 1963 | Office | [10] |
20 | Fujitsu Tower | 66 m (217 ft) | 18 | 1985 | Office | Formerly known as Caltex Tower[original research?] |
21 | Novell House | 66 m (217 ft) | 17 | 1975 | Office | |
22 | No.1 The Terrace | 66 m (217 ft) | 17 | 1978 | Office | Headquarters of the New Zealand Treasury |
23 | Vogel Building | 66 m (217 ft) | 17 | 1966 | Office | Was the tallest building in Wellington and the 2nd tallest building in New Zealand when built[11] |
24 | Reserve Bank of New Zealand[12] | 66 m (217 ft) | 16 | 1972 | Office | [13] |
25 | AXA Tower | 65 m (213 ft) | 17 | 1989 | Office | |
26 | The Freyberg Building | 65 m (213 ft) | 15 | 1979 | Office | The adjoining 7 storey Freyberg House (2007) was demolished after the 2016 earthquake.[14] |
27 | 20 Customhouse Quay[15] | 62 m (203 ft) | 14 | 2018 | Commercial | Replaced BP House, which was originally built in 1968 and demolished following the 2013 Seddon earthquake.[16] |
28 | Charles Fergusson Building | 61 m (200 ft) | 17 | 1976 | Office | |
29 | New Zealand Police National Headquarters | 60.47 m (198 ft) | 17 | 1979 | Office | [17] Formerly FAI Insurance House. |
30 | Bolton Hotel | 60 m (197 ft) | 20 | 2004 | Hotel | |
31 | Sovereign Insurance Centre | 60 m (197 ft) | 17 | 1984 | Office | |
32 | Bayleys Building | 60 m (197 ft) | 16 | 1989 | Office | |
33 | Two Hunter Street | 60 m (197 ft) | 16 | 1991 | Office | |
34 | City Tower | 60 m (197 ft) | 16 | 1991 | Office | |
35 | Jellioce Towers | 60 m (197 ft) | 16 | 1965 | Residential | Was the tallest Residential building in Wellington when built[18] |
36 | Forsyth Barr House | 60 m (197 ft) | 16 | 1989 | Office | |
37 | Pastoral House | 60 m (197 ft) | 15 | 1978 | Office | |
38 | Rydges Hotel | 57 m (187 ft) | 16 | 2006 | Hotel | Originally opened as a Holiday Inn |
39 | Alcatel Lucent House | 57 m (187 ft) | 15 | 1988 | Office | Formerly Telecom House |
40 | Quest on Johnston | 55 m (180 ft) | 18 | 2000 | Hotel | |
41 | Terrace Heights Apartments[19] | 55 m (180 ft) | 17 | 1999 | Residential | |
42 | Stafford House | 55 m (180 ft) | 14 | 1977 | Residential | Originally an office, now university housing. |
43 | Avalon Studios | 55 m (180 ft) | 11 | 1969 | Office | Tallest building in Wellington outside of the CBD |
44 | Sir Robet Jones Tower | 52 m (171 ft) | 14 | 2019 | Office | [20] |
45 | National War Memorial | 51 m (167 ft) | 1932 | Bell and clock tower | ||
46 | 20 Oriental Parade | 50 m (164 ft) | 16 | Residential | ||
47 | Mercer Tower | 50 m (164 ft) | 15 | 1989 | Office | |
48 | Public Trust Building | 50 m (164 ft) | 15 | 1982 | Office | |
49 | Investment House | 50 m (164 ft) | 15 | 1977 | Office | |
50 | Simpl House | 50 m (164 ft) | 15 | 1987 | Office | |
51 | Willeston Centre[21] | 50 m (164 ft) | 14[22] | 1984? | Office | Originally the Colonial Mutual Life Insurance Building.[23] |
52 | AMI Plaza[24] | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | Office | ||
53 | Rutherford House | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | 1975 | Office | Originally the headquarters of the NZ Electricity Department.[25] |
54 | Sovereign House | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | 1988 | Office | |
55 | Castrol House | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | 1987 | Office | |
56 | Westpac Trust Investment House | 50 m (164 ft) | 14 | 1982 | Office | |
57 | Technology One House | 50 m (164 ft) | 13 | 1987 | Office | Formerly known as the Renouf Centre and Terenco Finance House |
58 | BNZ Trust House | 50 m (164 ft) | 13 | 1985 | Office | |
59 | Guardian Trust House | 50 m (164 ft) | 13 | 1984 | Office | |
60 | Optimation House | 50 m (164 ft) | 12 | 1979 | Office | [26] |
Under construction, approved or proposed
Name | Height[2] | Floors[2] | Built[2] | Purpose | Notes | |
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1 | 109 Featherston Street Tower | 89 m (292 ft) | 19 | Commercial | Approved resource consent | |
2 | 110 Wakefield Street Tower | 86 m (282 ft) | 22 | Commercial | Approved resource consent | |
3 | One Whitmore Street[27][28] | 63 m (207 ft) | 14 | 2023 | Commercial | BNZ's Wellington office. |
4 | Pinnacle on Victoria | 50 m (164 ft) | 17 | 2020/2021 | Residential | |
5 | Willis St concept tower[29] | 134 m (440 ft) | 32 | ? | Mixed-use |
Demolished
Name | Height | Floors | Built | Purpose | Notes |
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Revera House | 50 m (164 ft) | 10 | 1990[30] | Office | Formerly AT&T Tower and Hitachi House. Demolished 2018[31] following damage due to the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake.[32] |
61 Molesworth St | 37 m (121 ft) | 10 | 1965 | Office | Formerly ICI House. Demolished 2016-2017[33][34] following damage due to the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. |
Cancelled
Name | Height* | Floors* | Notes |
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NZ1 | 263 m (863 ft)[failed verification] | 63 | A high rise commercial and mixed use building proposed for Lambton Quay. Project was scrapped after the developer went bankrupt. If completed, the building would have been New Zealand's tallest.[35][36] |
Lambton Tower | ≈120 metres (394 ft) | 31 | Proposed in 1991 for the Wellington Waterfront.[37] |
History of the Tallest buildings in Wellington
Name | Height | Years Tallest | Other Facts |
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MLC Building | 45 m (148 ft) | 1939-1961 | 9 stories high. Was arguably the tallest in NZ when built |
Shell House | 46 m (151 ft) | 1961-1966 | Tallest office building in NZ when built.[38] |
Vogel Building | 66 m (217 ft) | 1966-1968 | Was the 2nd tallest in NZ when built |
Aurora Centre | 68 m (223 ft) | 1968-1969 | Was the 2nd tallest in NZ when built |
Morrison Kent House | 76 m (249 ft) | 1969-1975 | Was the 2nd tallest in NZ (to 1 Queen Street, Auckland) when built |
Plimmer Towers | 85 m (279 ft) | 1975-1984 | Was the tallest in NZ when built, is 106m and 31 floors from the Lambton Quay side of the tower |
AON Centre | 103 m (338 ft) | 1984-1991 | Was the tallest in NZ when built and is one of Wellington's most iconic buildings |
Majestic Centre | 116 m (381 ft) | 1991–Present | Is the furthest South Skyscraper in the world. Was the tallest in New Zealand when built until the ANZ building opened in Auckland a few months later. |
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Auckland
- List of tallest buildings in Christchurch
- List of tallest buildings in Oceania
References
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- ^ a b c d e f "Buildings of Wellington". Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "Google Earth". earth.google.com. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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- ^ "Emporis- PWC Tower". Archived from the original on 2 September 2019.
- ^ "111 Dixon Street- Emporis".[dead link]
- ^ "Emporis- Aurora Centre".[dead link]
- ^ "Equinox House- Emporis". Archived from the original on 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Emprois- Radio New Zealand House". Archived from the original on 6 December 2021.
- ^ "Emporis- Vogel Building". Archived from the original on 2 September 2019.
- ^ "Reserve Bank building". Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
- ^ "Emporis- Reserve Bank of New Zealand". Archived from the original on 13 September 2021.
- ^ "The Freyberg Building- Emporis". Archived from the original on 13 September 2021.
- ^ 20 Customhouse Quay – Official site
- ^ Schouten, Hank (28 March 2015). "$80m hi-tech tower to replace Wellington's BP House". The Dominion Post. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand Police Headquarters". Emporis. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018.
- ^ "Jellioce Towers". Archived from the original on 6 December 2021.
- ^ "163 The Terrace, Wellington". Property Values NZ. Archived from the original on 24 December 2022.
- ^ "Emporis- Sir Robert Jones Tower". Archived from the original on 9 December 2021.
- ^ The Wellington Company – Willeston Centre
- ^ Emporis – Sovereign Centre
- ^ Julie Iles (6 June 2017). "Top floor with waterfront views for sale in central Wellington". Stuff.co.nz.
- ^ "AMI Plaza, Wellington". Emporis. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021.
- ^ Friends of Te Papa – Rutherford House Art Collection
- ^ "Emporis- Optimation House". Archived from the original on 6 December 2021.
- ^ "One Whitmore Street".
- ^ Marta Steeman (12 December 2019). "Base-isolated and Green star building to be developed for the BNZ HQ in Wellington". Stuff.co.nz.
- ^ Wingate Architects (20 September 2021). "Wellington project". Wingate Architects. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020.
- ^ "AT&T Tower Emporis". Archived from the original on 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Revera House in Wellington to be demolished, says spokesman". Stuff. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "Revera House slated for destruction". RNZ. 3 April 2017.
- ^ Melissa Nightingale (24 November 2016). "Demolition work of earthquake-damaged 61 Molesworth St building in Wellington to begin today". The New Zealand Herald.
- ^ John Weekes (2 February 2017). "New chapter for 61 Molesworth St as demolished building handed back to owner". Stuff.
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