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.
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
RankNameImageCityCountryHeightFloorsBuiltNotesmft 1 Autograph Tower Jakarta 382.9 75 (+6 u) 2022 Tallest building in Indonesia, sixth tallest building in Southeast Asia.To the right of it is the Luminary Tower. 2Q1 Gold Coast 322.5 78 (+2 u) 2005Tallest building in Australia 3Australia 108 Melbourne 316.7 100 (+1 u) 2020Tallest building in Melbourne and tallest building in Australia by roof height. 4 Luminary Tower Jakarta 304 62 2022To the left of it is the Autograph Tower. 5 Gran Torre Santiago Santiago 300 62 (+6 u) 2013Tallest building in South America. 6 Eureka Tower Melbourne 297.3 91 (+1 u) 2006Featuring Australia’s highest observation deck.https://www.visitmelbourne.com/regions/melbourne/see-and-do/art-and-culture/architecture-and-design/melbourne-skydeck7=Yachthouse Residence Club (Tower 1) Balneário Camboriú294.1802023Tallest building in Brazil.Yachthouse Residence Club (Tower 2) 9 One Tower 290 77 2022 10Azure Tower Jakarta 288 77 2024 11Gama Tower Jakarta 285.5 64 (+4 u) 2016 12Treasury Tower Jakarta 279.5 57 2018 13Brisbane Skytower Brisbane 274.3 90 (+10 u) 2019 Tallest building in Brisbane since 2019. Largest residential building in the Southern Hemisphere since 2019 with a gross floor area of 147,000sqm. First skyscraper in Australia to be built on an equilateral triangle footprint. First building in the world to be built with a height adjustable tower crane. Tallest building completed in Australia in the 2010s. 14The One Brisbane 274 81 2021 15Crown Sydney Sydney 271.3 71 (+4 u) 2020 Tallest building in Sydney. 16Aurora Melbourne Central Melbourne 270.5 85 2019 17West Side Place Tower A Melbourne 268.7 81 2021 181 William Street Brisbane 267 46 (+3 u) 2016 Tallest building in Brisbane from 2016 to 2019. 19Jakarta Mori Tower Jakarta 266 57 2022 20120 Collins Street Melbourne 265 52 August 1991Tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere from August 1991 to 2005. 21Salesforce Tower Sydney 263.1 58 (+4 u) 2022 22Infinity Tower Brisbane 262 81 (+9 u) 2014 Tallest building in Brisbane from 2014 to 2016 23Wisma 46 Jakarta 261.9 46 1996 24Menara Astra Jakarta 261.5 47 2017 25101 Collins Street Melbourne 260 50 March 1991Briefly the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere between March and August 1991.26=Prima Pearl Melbourne254 72 2014 Equinox Tower Jakarta ? 2024 28Raffles Hotel Jakarta 253.3 52 2015 29Central Park Perth 252.9 52 (+4 u) 1992 30Queens Place North Tower Melbourne 252.8 79 2021 31Ocean Gold Coast 252.3 75 2022 32The Pakubuwono Signature Jakarta 252 50 2014 33Rialto Towers Melbourne 251.1 63 1986Tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere from 1986 to 1991.
Timeline of tallest buildings
BuildingImage City Country Height inmetres (ft) Years tallest Floors1Martinelli BuildingSão Paulo105 (344)1929–1936282Kavanagh BuildingBuenos Aires120 (394)1936–1947303Altino Arantes BuildingSão Paulo161 (529)1947–1960404Mirante do ValeSão Paulo170 (558)1960–1973515Carlton CentreJohannesburg223 (730)1973–197750625 Martin PlaceSydney228 (748)1977–1986677Rialto TowersMelbourne251.1 (823)1986–1991558101 Collins StreetMelbourne260 (850)1991579120 Collins StreetMelbourne265 (869)1991–20055210Q1Gold Coast322.5 (1,058)2005–20227811Autograph TowerJakarta382.9 (1,256)2022–present75
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 CountryImage Number ofskyscrapers Rankworldwide1Jakarta117#142Melbourne79#243Sydney47#394Balneário Camboriú32#545Brisbane23#686São Paulo22#707Buenos Aires12#=1048Gold Coast12#=1049Surabaya11#108107#144
See also List of tallest buildings in South America List of tallest buildings in Brazil List of tallest buildings in Indonesia List of tallest buildings in Australia List of tallest buildings in Oceania List of tallest buildings in Africa
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