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The Majestic Centre, the tallest building in Wellington
The Aon Centre, the 2nd tallest building in Wellington
Dimension Data Tower (left), Forsyth Barr House, and Bayleys Building
Bowen House (left) and the
Beehive
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
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
Demolished
Name
Height
Floors
Built
Purpose
Notes
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 Kaikoura 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 Kaikoura earthquake .
Cancelled
Name
Height*
Floors*
Notes
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
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
References
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