List of tallest buildings in Adelaide

This list of tallest buildings in Adelaide ranks the tallest buildings in Adelaide, South Australia by height. Frome Central Tower 1 (at 11-27 Frome Street) reached 138[1] metres (453 ft) on 1 November 2019, becoming the city's tallest building on that date, although construction is not fully completed yet as of April 2020.[2][3] From its construction in 1988 until late 2019, the tallest building in Adelaide was the 31-storey Westpac House, which rises 132 metres (433 ft), and still as of February 2020 the tallest completed building.

Adelaide's tallest building from 1988 until 2019, Westpac House

Height restrictions, enforced since the 1990s, have limited the number of high-rise buildings constructed in the city, although they have been eased in recent times.[4]

Tallest buildings

Conservatory on Hindmarsh on the corner of Grenfell Street and Hindmarsh Square in the Adelaide city centre.

Looking south towards the Adelaide CBD.

This is a list of the 50 tallest buildings in Adelaide. Heights are measured to the structural height, which includes architectural elements, but not communications spires or antennas.

Heights are listed to the roof of the building only.

  Construction ongoing but height reached

Rank	Name / Street Address	Height (m)	Floors	Built	Use	Street Address
1	Adelaidean	138[5]	37	2019	Mixed Use	11-27 Frome Street
2	Realm Adelaide	132	40	2020	Residential	9-19 Austin Street
2	Westpac House	132	31	1988	Commercial Office	91 King William Street
4	Telstra House	104	24	1987	Commercial Office	30 Pirie Street
5	Kodo Apartments	103[6]	30	2018	Residential	27-31 Angas Street
5	Grenfell Centre	103	26	1975	Commercial Office	25 Grenfell Street
7	115 King William Street	91	26	2016	Commercial Office	115 King William Street
7	InterContinental Hotel	91	24	1989	Hotel	120 North Terrace
7	Australis House	91	22	1991	Commercial Office	77 Grenfell Street
10	Vue on King William	89	28	2016	Residential	413 King William Street
11	ANZ House (City Central 1)	84	21	2007	Commercial Office	11-29 Waymouth Street
12	GPO Exchange[7]	82[8]	22	2019	Commercial Office	177-179 Victoria Square
13	Rundle Place	76	15	2013	Commercial Office / Shopping Centre	79-91 Rundle Mall
14	One Adelaide[9]	75[10]	25	2019	Residential	260 Flinders Street
14	Dwell Adelaide	75	21	2019	Residential	Lot 101 Synagogue Place
14	SKM House	75	21	1971	Commercial Office	33-39 King William Street
14	Wakefield House	75	20	1980	Government Office	30 Wakefield Street
14	Origin House	75	19	1968	Commercial Office	1 King William Street
14	Myer Centre	75	18	1991	Commercial Office / Shopping Centre	14-38 Rundle Mall
20	Bohem Apartments	73	23	2017	Residential	150 Wright Street
20	Stamford Plaza Adelaide	73	21	1975	Hotel	150 North Terrace
20	11-19 Grenfell Street	73	19	1979	Commercial Office	11-19 Grenfell Street
20	QBE House	73	17	1988	Commercial Office	45 Pirie Street
24	City Central Tower 8	72	20	2012	Commercial Office	12-26 Franklin Street
24	45 Grenfell Street	72	20	1973	Commercial Office	45 Grenfell Street
24	Education Department of South Australia	72	19	1976	Government Office	31 Flinders Street
24	University of South Australia Health Innovation Building	72	14	2018	University	73 North Terrace
28	Adelaide Tower Apartments	70	20	1973	Residential	65-73 King William Street
28	State Administration Centre	70	18	1968	Government Office	190 Victoria Square
28	58 Franklin Street	70	17	2013	Commercial Office	58 Franklin Street
28	University of Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences Building	70	15	2017	University	North Terrace
32	Hilton Adelaide	69	22	1982	Hotel	233 Victoria Square
32	Rendezvous Grand Hotel	69	20	1971	Hotel	55 Waymouth Street
32	Commonwealth Bank Building	69	17	1983	Commercial Office	100 King William Street
35	Urbanest Adelaide Central	68	21	2018	Residential	228-231 North Terrace
35	Telstra Waymouth Exchange	68	20	1972	Telephone Exchange	67-79 Waymouth Street
35	U City Retirement Residences	68	19	2019	Residential	Franklin Street (corner of Pitt Street)
38	Reserve Bank of Australia	67	18	1966	Commercial Office	182-188 Victoria Square
39	GHD Building	66	17	1981	Commercial Office	211 Victoria Square
39	Wyatt House	66	16	1990	Commercial Office	115 Grenfell Street
41	Angas Securities House	65	16	1986	Commercial Office	26 Flinders Street
42	Extrastaff House	63	17	1978	Commercial Office	90 King William Street
42	Optus Centre	63	16	1990	Commercial Office	431-439 King William Street
42	50 Flinders Street	63	15	2015	Commercial Office	50 Flinders Street
45	Conservatory on Hindmarsh	62	19	2009	Residential / Commercial Office	41-51 Hindmarsh Square
46	Oaks Embassy Apartments	60	18	2001	Residential	96 North Terrace
46	East End[11]	60	16	2019	Residential[12]	293-297 Pirie Street
46	Quest on Franklin	60	15	2013	Commercial Office	72 Franklin Street
46	Calvary Adelaide Hospital	60	12	2019	Hospital	Cnr Angas & Pulteney Streets
50	Urbanest North Terrace - South Tower	59	20	2010	Residential	12 Bank Street
50	Vision on Morphett	59	18	2016	Residential	176-186 Morphett Street
50	Ibis Hotel	59	17	2014	Hotel	122 Grenfell Street

^NB - Pinnacle (top of spire or antenna) heights not listed.

Tallest buildings proposed, approved or under construction

This is a list of the tallest buildings in Adelaide currently proposed, approved or under construction. Source: Sensational-Adelaide

  Proposed

  Approved

  Under Construction

Building	Height (m)	Floors	Completion	Use	Architect(s)	Location
80 Currie Street	137	34	TBA	Office	Commercial & General	80 Currie Street
75 KWS	132	39	TBA	Mixed Use	Loucas Zahos	75-79 King William Street
29 Twin Street	124	36	TBA	Student Accommodation	Woods Bagot	29 Twin Street
269 North Terrace	118	34	TBA	Student Accommodation	Intro Design/RotheLowman	269 North Terrace
Sofitel Hotel	117	33	2020	Mixed Use	Pruszinski Architects	108 Currie Street
Echelon Towers	114	31	TBA	Mixed Use	Cheesman Architects	322 King William Street
Hyatt Regency[13]	114	28	2022[14]	Hotel	Woodhead International	51 Pirie Street
32 Grote Street	110	32	TBA	Apartments		32 Grote Street
Festival Plaza Office Tower	108	27	2020	Office	Bates Smart	Festival Centre Plaza
42-56 Franklin Street	98	22	TBA	Office	Brown Falconer	42-56 Franklin Street
Alto	87	26	TBA	Hotel	Brown Falconer	124-126 Franklin Street
Queen Adelaide Club Building	83	21	TBA	Mixed Use	Brown Falconer	182-184 North Terrace
TBA	80	24	TBA	Mixed Use	INTRO	157-159 Waymouth Street
Wingfold Tower	78	25	2020[15]	Apartments	JPE Design Studio[16]	116–122 Waymouth Street
Penny Place	78	24	2021[17]	Apartments	Woods Bagot	17 Penny Place
203 North Terrace	73	19	TBA	Mixed Use	Woodhead International	203 North Terrace
Tribe Hotel	65	18	TBA	Mixed Use	Loucas Zahos	126 Wakefield Street

Timeline of tallest buildings

The following table is a timeline of the tallest buildings in Adelaide.

• Note: At least 50 metres

Years	Building	Height	Floor count	Address	Years tallest
2019–Present	Adelaidean	138 m (453 ft)	37	11 Frome Street	1
1988–2019	Westpac House	132 m (433 ft)	31	91 King William Street	31
1987–1988	Telstra House	104 m (341 ft)	24	30 Pirie Street	1
1975–1987	Grenfell Centre	103 m (338 ft)	26	25 Grenfell Street	12
1968–1975	AMP Building	75 m (246 ft)	19	1 King William Street	7
1966–1968	Reserve Bank of Australia	67 m (220 ft)	18	182-188 Victoria Square	2
1960–1966	ETSA Building[18]	55 m (180 ft)	14	220 Greenhill Road	6
1934–1960	Colonial Mutual Life Building	52 m (171 ft)	14	41-49 King William Street	26

See also

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

References

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18. 220 Greenhill Road was built as the administrative headquarters of the Electricity Trust of South Australia (ETSA). After the privatisation of ETSA in 1999, the building was converted to apartments in 2003–2004 and was renamed Air Apartments. During the conversion, two penthouse levels were added and the structure height was increased to 55 metres. Ref: Air Apartments 2005, www.tectvs.com.au

• Skyscraper Center (Detailed information on specific buildings)
• Emporis.com (General database of skyscrapers)
• Sensational-Adelaide (Renders and details of buildings)