List of tallest buildings in Hobart

The Hobart central business district skyline at dusk.

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
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	—	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	—	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	—	39 m (128 ft)	11	1994	Commercial	85 Macquarie Street

Major future projects

This 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]

  Under construction

  Approved

  Proposed

Name	Height		Storeys	Purpose	Completion	Location	Status
	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

• Australia portal
• Architecture portal

• List of tallest buildings in Australia
• List of tallest buildings in Oceania

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
2. "Department of Health" (PDF).
3. Laura Beavis (1 June 2018). "Launceston enjoying 'unprecedented' boom in large project construction". ABC News.
4. According to its thread on Skyscrapercity.com
5. "Odeon development on hold". 3 July 2014.
6. "Art spurs hotel vision". 12 December 2013.
7. "Walsh plans high-rise hotel". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 21 October 2012.
8. "Hobart's proposed 117m Art Tower could become Tasmania's tallest building". TheGuardian.com . 14 June 2015.
9. "$250m hotel developments to change Hobart skyline". The Mercury. 24 October 2016.
10. "The Icon Complex | A Icon is Reborn |". Archived from the original on 27 January 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2013.