List of tallest structures in New Zealand
This is a list of the tallest structures in New Zealand.
Tallest extant structures
Rank | Name | City | Height | Floors | Year | Notes |
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1 | Sky Tower | Auckland | 328 metres (1,076 ft) | 38 | 1995 | Tallest building in New Zealand. |
2 | New Plymouth Power Station chimney | New Plymouth | 198 metres (650 ft) | none | 1974 | Decommissioned in 2008 but the chimney still stands.[1] |
3 | Vero Centre | Auckland | 172 metres (564 ft) | 38 | 2000 | Tallest office building in New Zealand.[2] |
4 | Metropolis | Auckland | 155 metres (509 ft) | 39 | 1999 | tallest residential building in NZ.[3] |
5 | Huntly Power Station chimneys | Huntly | 150 metres (492 ft) | none | 1983 | [4] |
6 | ANZ Centre | Auckland | 143 metres (469 ft) | 35 | 1991 | [5] |
7 | PriceWaterhouseCoopers Tower | Auckland | 142 metres (466 ft) | 29 | 2002 | [6] |
8= | Titahi Bay AM radio transmitter, second mast | Porirua | 137 metres (449 ft) | none | 1937/1979 | [7] |
8= | Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter chimney | near Bluff | 137 metres (449 ft) | none | [8] | |
10 | Oaks Residences | Auckland | 130 metres (427 ft) | 29 | 2006 | [9] |
11 | Lumley Centre | Auckland | 125 metres (410 ft) | 29 | 2005 | [10] |
12 | Mount Kaukau television transmitter | Wellington | 122 metres (400 ft) | none | 1965 | [11] |
13 | Sugarloaf television transmitter tower | Christchurch | 121 metres (397 ft) | none | 1966 | [12] |
14 | The Sentinel Apartments | Auckland | 120 metres (394 ft) | 29 | 2007 | [13] |
15 | Quay West | Auckland | 117 metres (384 ft) | 20 | 1997 | [14] |
16= | ASB Bank Centre | Auckland | 116 metres (381 ft) | 29 | 1991 | [15] |
16= | Majestic Centre | Wellington | 116 metres (381 ft) | 29 | 1991 | Tallest office building in Wellington.[16] |
18 | Precinct Apartments | Auckland | 115 metres (377 ft) | 33 | 2003 | [17] |
19 | Crowne Plaza | Auckland | 110 metres (361 ft) | 29 | 1990 | [18] |
20 | BNZ Tower | Auckland | 106 metres (348 ft) | 28 | 1987 | [19] |
21= | Ohaaki Power Station cooling tower | 30 km NE of Taupo | 105 metres (344 ft) | none | 1989 | [20] |
21= | Mount Cargill television transmitter | Dunedin | 105 metres (344 ft) | none | 1970 | [21] |
22 | IAG Tower | Auckland | 104 metres (341 ft) | 29 | 1988 | Formerly the headquarters of Fay Richwhite.[22] |
23 | State Insurance Building | Wellington | 103 metres (338 ft) | 26 | 1984 | Headquarters of the BNZ from 1984 to 1998.[23] |
24 | Deloitte Centre | Auckland | 100 metres (328 ft) | 23 | 2009 | [24] |
25 | HSBC Tower, Wellington | Wellington | 94 metres (308 ft) | 25 | 2003 | [25] |
26= | Phillips Fox Tower | Auckland | 92 metres (302 ft) | 23 | 1987 | [26] |
26= | Qantas House | Auckland | 92 metres (302 ft) | 24 | 1986 | [27] |
28= | CityLife Auckland | Auckland | 90 metres (295 ft) | 26 | 1998 | [28] |
28= | City Gardens | Auckland | 90 metres (295 ft) | 28 | 2004 | [29] |
28= | Vodafone on the Park | Wellington | 90 metres (295 ft) | 25 | 1998 | Formerly Mobil on the Park.[30] |
28= | Bowen House | Wellington | 90 metres (295 ft) | 22 | 1991 | Tallest Government building.[31] |
32= | Stamford Plaza Auckland | Auckland | 88 metres (289 ft) | 20 | 1983/2008 | Extra storeys were added in 2008.[32] |
32= | InterContinental Wellington | Wellington | 88 metres (289 ft) | 26 | 1988 | [33] |
34 | AMP Tower (Quay Tower) | Auckland | 87 metres (285 ft) | 22 | 1980 | [34] |
35 | Pacific Tower | Christchurch | 86 metres (282 ft) | 23 | 2010 | Tallest building in the South Island.[35] |
36= | Rifleman Tower | Auckland | 85 metres (279 ft) | 26 | 1990 | [36] |
36= | Gen-i Tower | Auckland | 85 metres (279 ft) | 22 | 2000 | [37] |
38 | Travelodge Plimmer Towers | Wellington | 84 metres (276 ft) | 20 | 1975 | Originally built as the Williams Centre.[38] Tallest building in Wellington until 1984.[39][40] |
39 | HSBC Building | Auckland | 81 metres (266 ft) | 20 | 1973 | [41] |
40= | AXA Centre | Auckland | 80 metres (262 ft) | 20 | 1995 | [42] |
40= | National Bank Tower | Auckland | 80 metres (262 ft) | 17 | 1988 | Formerly Arthur Andersen Tower.[43][44] |
42 | 125 The Terrace | Wellington | 77 metres (253 ft) | 21 | 1986 | [45] |
43= | SkyCity Grand | Auckland | 75 metres (246 ft) | 24 | 2004 | [46] |
43= | Altitude Apartments | Auckland | 75 metres (246 ft) | 22 | 2004 | [47] |
45 | West Plaza | Auckland | 74 metres (243 ft) | 18 | 1974 | [48] |
Demolished structures
Name | City | Height |
Floors | Year | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Titahi Bay AM radio transmitter, main mast | Porirua | 212 metres (696 ft) | none | 1937/1979 | Demolition completed 16 February 2016 |
Hotel Grand Chancellor, Christchurch | Christchurch | 85 metres (279 ft) | 26 | 1986 | Demolition completed following the 2011 Canterbury earthquake.[49] |
Price Waterhouse Building | Christchurch | 76 metres (249 ft) | 20 | 1988 | Demolition completed following the 2011 Canterbury earthquake.[50] |
Proposed structures
Name | City | Height* | Floors* | Year* | Notes |
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NDG Auckland Centre | Auckland | 209 metres (686 ft) | 52 | 2020 | Resource consent was granted in February 2014, but building consent is yet to be approved. On the site of the Elliot Tower proposal.[51] |
Customs Residential | Auckland | 192 metres (630 ft) | 52 | Approved | |
1 Mills Lane | Auckland | 190 metres (623 ft) | 30 | 2018 | Proposed[52] |
Commercial Bay Tower | Auckland | 180 metres (591 ft) | 39 | 2019 | Approved[53] |
10 Commerce Lane | Auckland | 170 metres (558 ft) | 48 | Proposed[54] | |
Saffron Tower | Auckland | 145 metres (476 ft) | 45 | 2018 | Approved |
St James Suites | Auckland | 136 metres (446 ft) | 36 | 2018 | construction started 2016 |
The Antipodean | Auckland | 130 metres (427 ft) | 39 | Construction started 2016 | |
Dunedin Waterfront Hotel | Dunedin | 97 metres (318 ft) | 28 | Application declined in June 2013,[55] but going back to appeal. Would be the tallest building in the South Island.[56] | |
Queens Residences | Auckland | 90 metres (295 ft) | 28 | 2017 | Under construction |
Park Residences | Auckland | 90 metres (295 ft) | 29 | 2017 | Under construction |
Victoria Residences | Auckland | 80 metres (262 ft) | 26 | 2018 | Under construction |
Abandoned proposals
Name | City | Height* | Floors* | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Christchurch Sky Ball | Christchurch | 287 metres (942 ft) | 12 | Cancelled. Would've been tallest structure in New Zealand at the time of completion in 1989. Site now occupied by the Foryth Barr building. |
Elliot Tower | Auckland | 232 metres (761 ft) | 68 | This project was approved, but construction never went ahead, and the site was later sold.[57] |
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Auckland
- List of tallest buildings in Wellington
- List of tallest buildings in Christchurch
- List of tallest buildings in Oceania
References
- ↑ Rilkoff, Matt (5 December 2012). "Power station sold off". Taranaki Daily News.
- ↑ "Vero Center".
- ↑ "The Ascott Metropolis".
- ↑ Easton, Brian (8 July 2013). "Huntly Power Station - Economy - Other primary production". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ↑ "ANZ Centre".
- ↑ "Pricewaterhousecoopers Tower".
- ↑ "Historic site: Radio New Zealand Transmission Station".
- ↑ "Linkz". Immigration New Zealand. 2005. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ↑ "The Harbour City".
- ↑ "New York New York".
- ↑ "Skyline Track via Johnsonville and Karori" (PDF). Wellington City Council. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ "Sugarloaf Communications Tower" (PDF). BBR Contech. May 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ↑ "http://web.archive.org/web/20081014151925/www.schindler.co.nz/nzc_news?news=71458". External link in
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(help); - ↑ "Quay West".
- ↑ "ASB Bank Centre".
- ↑ "Majestic Centre".
- ↑ "Precinct Apartments".
- ↑ "Crowne Plaza".
- ↑ "BNZ Tower" (PDF).
- ↑ "Power stations". Contact Energy. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ↑ Hamel, A. (2008). Dunedin tracks and trails. Dunedin:Silver Peaks Press. pp. 5.14-5.17
- ↑ "IAG Tower".
- ↑ "State Insurance Building".
- ↑ "Deloitte Centre". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2008-01-03.
- ↑ "HSBC Tower".
- ↑ "Phillips Fox Tower".
- ↑ "Qantas House".
- ↑ "CityLife Auckland".
- ↑ "City Gardens".
- ↑ "Vodafone on the Park".
- ↑ "Bowen House".
- ↑ "Stamford Plaza Auckland".
- ↑ "Intercontinental Wellington".
- ↑ "AMP Tower".
- ↑ "Pacific Tower, Christchurch".
- ↑ "Rifleman Tower".
- ↑ "Gen-i Tower".
- ↑ "Obituary: Arthur Williams". New Zealand Herald. 2001-11-24.
- ↑ "Plimmer Towers wooing office tenants". The Dominion Post. 2012-08-28.
- ↑ "Copthorne Plimmer Towers".
- ↑ "HSBC Building".
- ↑ "AXA Centre".
- ↑ "National Bank Tower".
- ↑ "Arthur Andersen Tower".
- ↑ "125 The Terrace".
- ↑ "SkyCity Grand". Emporis.
- ↑ "Altitude Apartments".
- ↑ "West Plaza".
- ↑ "Hotel Grand Chancellor Christchurch".
- ↑ "119 Armagh Street".
- ↑ "NZ's tallest skyscraper plan for Auckland". The New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ "All new heights for sky-high AKL office". The New Zealand Herald.
- ↑ "New $550m downtown tower for Auckland unveiled; City Rail Link on track". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Towering vision for Auckland cityscape". The New Zealand Herald. 20 September 2014.
- ↑ WILMA MCCORKINDALE AND MIKE HOULAHAN (2013-06-05). "Dunedin waterfront hotel consent denied". Fairfax NZ News.
- ↑ "$100 Million Luxury Hotel Proposed for Dunedin's Waterfront". scoop.co.nz. 2012-05-11.
- ↑ Anne gibson (2012-07-17). "Shanghai magnate plans hotel on $53m Auckland site". New Zealand Herald.
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