List of tallest buildings on the Gold Coast, Queensland
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Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia. In accordance with CTBUH
Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design...
guidelines, heights are measured to the structural height, which includes architectural elements, such as spires, but not communications antennas
Antenna (radio)
An antenna is an electrical device which converts electric currents into radio waves, and vice versa. It is usually used with a radio transmitter or radio receiver...
. Structures
Nonbuilding structure
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are not included.
The Gold Coast is home to Australia's tallest building, Q1
Q1 (building)
Q1 is a supertall skyscraper located in Surfers Paradise, on the Gold Coast. It is the world's third tallest residential tower after the 348 metre building The Marina Torch in Dubai won formal recognition as the tallest residential building in the world on 29 April 2011 by the Emporis...
, standing at 322.5 m (1,058 ft). Despite its status as Australia's sixth largest city, the Gold Coast has the fourth greatest number of skyscrapers in Australia after Sydney
Sydney
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, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
and Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
.
Tallest completed and topped out buildings
Height: R = Roof, P = Pinnacle (top of spire or antenna)| Rank | Name | Height (m Metre The metre , symbol m, is the base unit of length in the International System of Units . Originally intended to be one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth's equator to the North Pole , its definition has been periodically refined to reflect growing knowledge of metrology... ) |
Floors | Built | Use | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | R | |||||
| 1 | Q1 Q1 (building) Q1 is a supertall skyscraper located in Surfers Paradise, on the Gold Coast. It is the world's third tallest residential tower after the 348 metre building The Marina Torch in Dubai won formal recognition as the tallest residential building in the world on 29 April 2011 by the Emporis... |
323 | 275 | 78 | 2005 | Residential |
| 2 | Soul Surfers Paradise Soul (building) Soul is a tall residential tower under construction on the corner of Cavill Avenue and The Esplanade in Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. When constructed, it will overtake Circle on Cavill as the second tallest building on the Gold Coast, behind Q1... |
243 | 73 | 2011 | Residential | |
| 3 | Circle on Cavill Circle on Cavill Circle on Cavill is a $551 million commercial development with two ultra-modern residential towers built by the Sunland Group and dramatically positioned in a key city block right in the heart of the Surfers Paradise CBD, neighbouring with Towers of Chevron Renaissance shopping mall and resort... - North Tower |
220 | 70 | 2007 | Residential | |
| 4 | Hilton Surfers Hotel & Residences - Orchid Tower | 194 | 57 | 2011 | Residential | |
| 5 | The Oracle The Oracle, Queensland The Oracle is a $850 million two-tower luxury apartment development at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. When completed it hold the record for tallest building and highest apartment sale in Broadbeach... - Beach Tower |
165 | 50 | 2010 | Residential | |
| 6 | Skyline North Tower Towers of Chevron Renaissance The Towers of Chevron Renaissance are the three–tower residential resort sits above the Chevron Village, a cosmopolitan retail, dining and entertainment complex just meters away from most famous patrolled beach in Surfers Paradise, city of Gold Coast, Australia... |
158 | 50 | 2004 | Residential | |
| 7 | Circle on Cavill Circle on Cavill Circle on Cavill is a $551 million commercial development with two ultra-modern residential towers built by the Sunland Group and dramatically positioned in a key city block right in the heart of the Surfers Paradise CBD, neighbouring with Towers of Chevron Renaissance shopping mall and resort... - South Tower |
158 | 50 | 2006 | Residential | |
| 8 | Skyline Tower Towers of Chevron Renaissance The Towers of Chevron Renaissance are the three–tower residential resort sits above the Chevron Village, a cosmopolitan retail, dining and entertainment complex just meters away from most famous patrolled beach in Surfers Paradise, city of Gold Coast, Australia... |
146 | 40 | 2006 | Residential | |
| 9 | The Grand Mariner | 139 | 43 | 1992 | Residential | |
| 10 | Breakfree Peninsula | 137 | 47 | 1982 | Residential | |
| 11 | The Oracle The Oracle, Queensland The Oracle is a $850 million two-tower luxury apartment development at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. When completed it hold the record for tallest building and highest apartment sale in Broadbeach... - Hinterland Tower |
135 | 40 | 2010 | Residential | |
| 12 | Gold Coast International (West Tower) | 132 | 42 | unk | Residential | |
| 13 | Air on Broadbeach | 131 | 37 | 2005 | Residential | |
| 14 | Southport Central Tower B | 130 | 40 | 2007 | Residential | |
| 15 | Mantra Suncity | 130 | 42 | 1999 | Residential | |
Proposed, approved and under construction buildings shown
It is noted some of the proposed or under construction buildings on the Gold Coast have been scaled back, gone into receivership or cancelled due to the Global Financial Crisis and lack of finance and investment among other factors on the Gold Coast| Name | Height (m) | Floors | Completion | Use | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Surfers Hotel & Residences - Boulevard Tower | 120 | 34 | 2010 | Residential | Under Construction |
| Victoria Tower | 123 | 39 | 2010 | Residential | Under Construction |
| Gold Coast Twin Towers Gold Coast Twin Towers The Gold Coast Twin Towers The Gold Coast Twin Towers The Gold Coast Twin Towers (also called E1 and E2 (Evo 1 and Evo 2) is a proposed building project located in Surfers Paradise, the tourism hub in Gold Coast, Australia with proposed heights of 320m and 340m (70 and 101 floors)... E1 (Evo 1) |
320 | 70 | TBA | Residential | Proposed |
| Gold Coast Twin Towers Gold Coast Twin Towers The Gold Coast Twin Towers The Gold Coast Twin Towers The Gold Coast Twin Towers (also called E1 and E2 (Evo 1 and Evo 2) is a proposed building project located in Surfers Paradise, the tourism hub in Gold Coast, Australia with proposed heights of 320m and 340m (70 and 101 floors)... E2 (Evo 2) |
340 | 101 | TBA | Residential/office | Proposed |
| Zaha Hadid Surfers Paradise Transit Centre | 346 | 101 | TBA | Residential/Retail | Proposed |
| GCI North - Tower 1 | 194 | 57 | TBA | Residential/Retail | Proposed |
| GCI North - Tower 2 | 132 | 42st | TBA | Residential/Retail | Proposed |
| Main Place | ~170 | 50 | TBA | Residential | Proposed |
| Thakral Budds Beach - Tower 1 | 184 | 44 | TBA | Residential | Proposed |
| Thakral Budds Beach - Tower 2 | 107 | 28 | TBA | Residential | Proposed |
| Pacific Beach Towers - Tower 1 | 125 | 36 | TBA | Residential | Approved |
| Pacific Beach Towers - Tower 2 | 140 | 41 | TBA | Residential | Approved |
| Jewel - Tower 1 | 168.5 | 45 | 2014 | Hotel | Proposed |
| Jewel - Tower 2 | TBA | 41 | 2014 | Residential | Proposed |
| Jewel - Tower 3 | TBA | 35 | 2014 | Residential | Proposed |
External links
- Tallest skyscrapers - Gold Coast City on Emporis