Tall buildings in Wellington Tallest building Majestic Centre (1991)Tallest building height 116 m (381 ft) Buildings above 20 stories 11 (2025) Buildings above 100 m 3 (2025)
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 BuildingBowen 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] 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 1975/1986 Hotel/Office 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= 113 The Terrace[ 6] 72 m (236 ft) 19 1988 Office Formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers Tower; currently the home of Wellington City Council [ 7] The Beehive 72 m (236 ft) 10 1981 Office 12= 111 Dixon Street [ 8] 70 m (230 ft) 20 2019 Residential Tallest residential building in Wellington. Maritime Tower 70 m (230 ft) 18 2006 Office Grant Thornton House 70 m (230 ft) 18 1983 Office Formerly known as ANZ Tower Westpac Tower 70 m (230 ft) 18 1978 Office Chews Lane Tower 70 m (230 ft) 19 2009 Office/Residential 17= Aurora Centre[ 9] 68 m (223 ft) 19 1968 Office Was the tallest building in Wellington when completed. Underwent a major facelift in 2016-17 Equinox House[ 10] 68 m (223 ft) 16 1987 Office Radio New Zealand House 68 m (223 ft) 13 1963 Office [ 11] 20= Fujitsu Tower 66 m (217 ft) 18 1985 Office Formerly known as Caltex Tower[ 12] Novell House 66 m (217 ft) 17 1975 Office No.1 The Terrace 66 m (217 ft) 17 1978 Office Headquarters of the New Zealand Treasury 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[ 13] Reserve Bank of New Zealand[ 14] 66 m (217 ft) 16 1972 Office [ 15] 25= AXA Tower 65 m (213 ft) 17 1989 Office The Freyberg Building[ 16] 65 m (213 ft) 15 1979 Office The adjoining 7-storey Freyberg House (2007) was demolished after the 2016 earthquake.[ 17] 27 One Whitmore Street [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] 63 m (207 ft) 14 2023 Commercial BNZ 's Wellington office. 28 20 Customhouse Quay [ 21] 62 m (203 ft) 14 2018 Commercial Replaced BP House, which was originally built in 1968 and demolished following the 2013 Seddon earthquake .[ 22] 29 Charles Fergusson Building 61 m (200 ft) 17 1976 Office 30 New Zealand Police National Headquarters 60.47 m (198 ft) 17 1979 Office [ 23] FAI Insurance House. 31= Bolton Hotel 60 m (197 ft) 20 2004 Hotel Sovereign Insurance Centre 60 m (197 ft) 17 1984 Office Bayleys Building 60 m (197 ft) 16 1989 Office Two Hunter Street 60 m (197 ft) 16 1991 Office City Tower 60 m (197 ft) 16 1991 Office Jellioce Towers 60 m (197 ft) 16 1965 Residential Was the tallest Residential building in Wellington when built[ 24] Forsyth Barr House 60 m (197 ft) 16 1989 Office Pastoral House 60 m (197 ft) 15 1978 Office 39= Rydges Hotel 57 m (187 ft) 16 2006 Hotel Originally opened as a Holiday Inn Alcatel Lucent House 57 m (187 ft) 15 1988 Office Formerly Telecom House 41= Quest on Johnston 55 m (180 ft) 18 2000 Hotel Terrace Heights Apartments[ 25] 55 m (180 ft) 17 1999 Residential Stafford House 55 m (180 ft) 14 1977 Residential Originally an office, now university housing. Avalon Studios 55 m (180 ft) 11 1969 Office Tallest building in Wellington outside of the CBD 45 Sir Robert Jones Tower 52 m (171 ft) 14 2019 Office [ 26] 46 National War Memorial 51 m (167 ft) 1932 Bell and clock tower 47= 20 Oriental Parade 50 m (164 ft) 16 Residential Mercer Tower 50 m (164 ft) 15 1989 Office Public Trust Building 50 m (164 ft) 15 1982 Office Investment House 50 m (164 ft) 15 1977 Office Simpl House 50 m (164 ft) 15 1987 Office Willeston Centre[ 27] 50 m (164 ft) 14[ 28] 1984? Office Originally the Colonial Mutual Life Insurance Building.[ 29] AMI Plaza[ 30] 50 m (164 ft) 14 Office Rutherford House 50 m (164 ft) 14 1975 Office Originally the headquarters of the NZ Electricity Department .[ 31] Sovereign House 50 m (164 ft) 14 1988 Office Castrol House 50 m (164 ft) 14 1987 Office Westpac Trust Investment House 50 m (164 ft) 14 1982 Office Technology One House 50 m (164 ft) 13 1987 Office Formerly known as the Renouf Centre and Terenco Finance House BNZ Trust House 50 m (164 ft) 13 1985 Office Guardian Trust House 50 m (164 ft) 13 1984 Office Optimation House 50 m (164 ft) 12 1979 Office [ 32] Pinnacle on Victoria[ 33] 50 m (164 ft) 17 2021 Residential
Name Height[ 2] Floors[ 2] Built[ 2] Purpose Notes 1 109 Featherston Street Tower[ 34] 89 m (292 ft) 19 Commercial Approved resource consent 2 110 Wakefield Street Tower 86 m (282 ft) 22 Commercial Approved resource consent 3 151 Willis St concept tower[ 35] 134 m (440 ft) 32 Mixed-use
Demolished Name Height Floors Built Purpose Notes Revera House 50 m (164 ft) 10 1990[ 36] Office Formerly AT&T Tower and Hitachi House. Demolished 2018[ 37] 2016 Kaikōura earthquake .[ 38] 61 Molesworth St 37 m (121 ft) 10 1965 Office Formerly ICI House. Demolished 2016-2017[ 39] [ 40] [ 41] [ 42]
Cancelled Name Height* Floors* Notes NZ1 263 m (863 ft) 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.[ 43] [ 44] Lambton Tower ≈120 metres (394 ft) 31 Proposed in 1991 for the Wellington Waterfront.[ 45] Wakefield Central ≈75 metres (246 ft) 20 Proposed in 1986 by Chase Corporation on the site now occupied by Courtenay Central .[ 46] [ 47] [ 48]
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.[ 49] 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 Centre opened in Auckland a few months later.
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