List of tallest buildings in the Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere, which comprises parts of South America, Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania, has until recently not been home to many tall buildings outside of Argentina, Australia and South Africa. The late twentieth century saw an increase in South American high-rises, but most new skyscrapers in the region have been built since 1990. As part of a global boom in skyscraper construction, countries such as Australia and Indonesia built many high-rises and skyscrapers in the early 21st century.

Today, cities like Jakarta, Melbourne and São Paulo have some of the most dominant skylines in the world.[1]

Tallest buildings

Listed below is every building in the Southern Hemisphere with a height of 250 metres (820 ft) or more.

bold Denotes building that is or was once the tallest in the Southern Hemisphere
u Number of underground floors
Rank Name Image City Country Height Floors Year Notes
m ft
1 Autograph Tower Jakarta Indonesia 382.9 1,256 75 (+6 u)[2] 2022 Tallest building in Indonesia, sixth tallest building in Southeast Asia.
To the right of it is the Luminary Tower.
2 Q1 Gold Coast Australia 322.5 1,058 78 (+2 u)[3] 2005 Tallest building in Australia
3 Australia 108 Melbourne Australia 316.7 1,039 100 (+1 u) 2020 Tallest building in Melbourne.
4 Luminary Tower Jakarta Indonesia 304 997 62 2022 To the left of it is the Autograph Tower.
5 Gran Torre Santiago Santiago Chile 300 984 62 (+6 u) 2013 Tallest building in South America.
6 Eureka Tower Melbourne Australia 297.3 975 91 (+1 u) 2006
7 One Tower Balneário Camboriú Brazil 290 951 77 2022 Tallest building in Brazil.
8 Azure Tower Jakarta Indonesia 288[4] 945 77 2024
9 Gama Tower Jakarta Indonesia 285.5 937 64 (+4 u) 2016
10= Yachthouse Residence Club (Tower 1) Balneário Camboriú Brazil 280.3 920 80 2023
Yachthouse Residence Club (Tower 2)
12 Treasury Tower Jakarta Indonesia 279.5 917 57[5] 2018
13 Brisbane Skytower Brisbane Australia 274.3[6] 900 90 (+10 u)[7] 2019 Tallest building in Brisbane. Largest residential building in the Southern Hemisphere since 2019 with a gross floor area of 147,000sqm.[8]
14 The One Brisbane Australia 274[9] 899 81 2021
15 Crown Sydney Sydney Australia 271.3 890 71 (+4 u) 2020 Tallest building in Sydney.
16 Aurora Melbourne Central Melbourne Australia 270.5 887 85[10] 2019
17 West Side Place Tower A Melbourne Australia 268.7 882 81 2021
18 1 William Street Brisbane Australia 267[11] 876 46 (+3 u) 2016 Tallest building in Brisbane from 2016 to 2019.
19 Jakarta Mori Tower Jakarta Indonesia 266 873 57 2022
20 120 Collins Street Melbourne Australia 265 869 52 1991 Tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere from 1991 to 2005.
21 Salesforce Tower Sydney Australia 263.1 869 58 (+4 u) 2022
22 Infinity Tower Brisbane Australia 262 860 81 (+9 u)[12] 2014 Tallest building in Brisbane from 2014 to 2016
23 Wisma 46 Jakarta Indonesia 261.9 859 46 1996
24 Menara Astra Jakarta Indonesia 261.5 858 47 2017
25 101 Collins Street Melbourne Australia 260 853 50 1991 Briefly the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere, between March and August 1991.
26= Prima Pearl Melbourne Australia 254 833 72 2014
Equinox Tower Jakarta Indonesia ? 2024
28 Raffles Hotel Jakarta Indonesia 253.3 831 52 2015
29 Central Park Perth Australia 252.9 830 52 (+4 u)[13] 1992
30 Queens Place North Tower Melbourne Australia 252.8 829 79[14] 2021
31 Ocean Gold Coast Australia 252.3 828 75 2022
32 The Pakubuwono Signature Jakarta Indonesia 252 827 50 2014
33 Rialto Towers Melbourne Australia 251.1 824 63[15] 1986 Tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere from 1986 to 1991.

Timeline of tallest buildings

Building Image City Country Height in
metres (ft) 		Years tallest Floors
1 Martinelli Building São Paulo Brazil 105 (344) 1929–1936 28
2 Kavanagh Building Buenos Aires Argentina 120 (394) 1936–1947 30
3 Altino Arantes Building São Paulo Brazil 161 (529) 1947–1960 40
4 Mirante do Vale São Paulo Brazil 170 (558) 1960–1973 51
5 Carlton Centre Johannesburg South Africa 223 (730) 1973–1977 50
6 25 Martin Place Sydney Australia 228 (748) 1977–1986 67
7 Rialto Towers Melbourne Australia 251.1 (823) 1986–1991 55
8 101 Collins Street Melbourne Australia 260 (850) 1991 57
9 120 Collins Street Melbourne Australia 265 (869) 1991–2005 52
10 Q1 Gold Coast Australia 322.5 (1,058) 2005–2022 78
11 Autograph Tower Jakarta Indonesia 382.9 (1,256) 2022–present 75

Cities with the most skyscrapers

Listed below are the cities in the Southern Hemisphere with the most skyscrapers. A skyscraper is considered an occupied building measuring over 150 metres (492 ft).

Rank City Country Image Number of
skyscrapers 		Rank
worldwide
1 Jakarta Indonesia 117 #14
2 Melbourne Australia 78 #23
3 Sydney Australia 47 #41
4 Balneário Camboriú Brazil 30 #56
5 Brisbane Australia 19 #80
6 São Paulo Brazil 19 #84
7 Buenos Aires Argentina 12 #99
8 Gold Coast Australia 11 #104
9 Surabaya Indonesia 11 #107

See also

References

  1. ^ "Cities by number of 150m+ buildings". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  2. ^ "Autograph Tower — The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  3. ^ "Q1 — The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  4. ^ "Azure Tower - the Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  5. ^ "Treasury Tower - the Skyscraper Center". skyscrapercenter.com.
  6. ^ "Brisbane Skytower - The Australian National Construction Review" (PDF).
  7. ^ "Brisbane Skytower - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  8. ^ "Brisbane Skytower - Hutchinson Builders".
  9. ^ "The One - Multiplex".
  10. ^ "Aurora Melbourne Central - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  11. ^ "1 William Street - Multiplex".
  12. ^ "Infinity - The Skyscraper Center". www.theskyscrapercenter.com.
  13. ^ "Central Park - The Skyscraper Center". www.theskyscrapercenter.com.
  14. ^ "Queens Place - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
  15. ^ "Rialto Towers - The Skyscraper Center". www.skyscrapercenter.com.
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