List of tallest buildings in Perth

Perth is the fourth-largest city in Australia, with an urban population of over 2.3million. As the capital of Western Australia and by far its largest city, Perth contains the vast majority of the high-rises in the state. The city is home to 30 high-rise buildings that reach a height of or greater as of 2026, five of which are taller than. Perth has the fifth-greatest number of skyscrapers of any Australian city, after Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, and the Gold Coast. The tallest building in Perth is the 51-storey Central Park at, completed in 1992; it also stands as the tallest building in Western Australia.
The first high-rises in Perth appeared towards the 1960s, one of them being Council House in 1963. High-rise development increased markedly in the 1970s with commercial skyscrapers such as St Martins Tower, the tallest building in the city from 1978 to 1988. This continued until the late 1980s and early 1990s, when Central Park and the city's third-tallest building, 108 St Georges Terrace, was built. Following a period of slower development from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s, another high-rise boom occurred with a greater share of residential and hotel buildings, alongside new commercial towers. The most notable of these is Brookfield Place, the city's second tallest building. Built in 2012 at a height of 234 m, it serves as the headquarters of mining company BHP.
There are several ongoing projects that will further add to Perth's skyline. Elizabeth Quay is a major mixed-use development project that first broke ground in 2012. Currently topped out in Elizabeth Quay is EQ West, which, at a height of 186 m, will be the fourth-tallest building in the city. Lot 4 EQ, in the same development, will surpass it at a height of 212 m when it is scheduled to be completed in 2029.
The large majority of tall buildings in Perth are situated in the city's central business district, with recent high-rise developments extending the skyline eastwards, towards East Perth. The main skyline runs northwest to southeast and is bounded by the Swan River to the south. Another high-rise cluster is being developed across the river in South Perth, where the residential tower Civic Heart was completed in 2024. There are additional new clusters on the western side of Canning Bridge and in Burswood.

History

1930s–60s

Tall buildings in Perth got their start later than in larger Australian cities like Sydney or Melbourne. One of the earliest high-rises in the city was the CML Building, built for the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society in 1936; the company had also built some of the earliest high-rises in Brisbane and Adelaide. Construction took place during the Great Depression, providing work for 200 men, and was overseen by local architect Reginald Summerhayes, who was responsible for decorative gargoyles on the exterior of the building. It was the tallest building in the city for over two decades until 1962, and was ultimately demolished in 1980.
During the 1950s and 1960s, many of Perth's older buildings had been demolished to make way for modern developments, which had led to criticism of the Perth City Council for approving such redevelopments. The CML Building was surpassed by the T&G Building, now known as Citibank House, an 68 m, 18-storey office building completed in 1962. The modernist high-rise took the place of Moir Chambers, an American Romasque building that had been standing since 1897. Despite protests, it was demolished in 1960, and construction on the new CML Building began the same year. When the T&G Building was constructed, there were no plot ratio limits imposed by the City of Perth on multistorey developments, and the building had a plot ratio of approximately 7:1. However, subsequent to the construction, a limit of 5:1 was imposed. Another early high-rise is the 13-storey Council House, opened by Queen Elizabeth a year after Perth had hosted the Commonwealth Games. The building served as the headquarters of the city council, which in 1959 launched an architectural competition for the new building.

1970s–1990s

The construction of tall buildings increased in the 1970s, with commercial high-rises able to regularly reach 100 m in height. Between 1976 and 1978, the title of Perth's tallest building changed hands three times in a span of three years, first with the AMP Building in 1976. The 30-storey, 131 m skyscraper was built for AMP Limited, replacing the six-storey "AMP Chambers" that had stood since 1915. Only a year after the AMP Building had been completed, Allendale Square overtook it by a metre in 1977. Upon its opening, the 31-storey, 132 m tower was the largest fully aluminium-clad freestanding tower in Australia, and one of the largest in the world. It has been described as "timeless" and a "fine example" of high-rise architecture. In 1978, it lost the title of Perth's tallest to St Martins Tower. At 140 m tall, St Martins Tower features a revolving restaurant, C Restaurant, the only one of its kind in Western Australia.
High-rise development entered into a slowdown in the late 1970s and continued until the mid-1980s, potentially affected by the 1973–1975 recession. Construction resumed in the late 1980s with the completion of three of Perth's tallest buildings at the time. The first was 108 St Georges Terrace. Completed in 1988, the tower's prime location was the site of the first licensed premises in Perth from the 1830s. The skyscraper preserves the 1897 Palace Hotel at its base. A public campaign, with a group known as the Palace Guards, had opposed the demolition of the Palace Hotel after initial plans for the site were made in 1972. The skyscraper's design is known for its triangular shape and diagonal roof.
The next of these buildings was QV1, completed in 1991. It was among the westernmost skyscrapers in Perth at the time, and some suggested it was too far west in the central business district; however, it was fully leased by 1996. The building's modernist design has drawn criticism, and it has been labelled "Perth's most ugly building", while architect Harry Seidler described it as "the best building he had ever built". In 1992, Perth's current tallest building, Central Park, was completed. It was also the fourth tallest building in Australia at the time. The 1987 approval of the building was controversial due to plot ratio concessions made by the city council, as well as the developer requesting more parking bays than was allowed by the council's town planning scheme. Today, the tower is considered one of Australia's "finest modern landmark office towers", known for its distinctive setbacks. The early 1990s recession led to another slowdown in high-rise construction, lasting until the mid-2000s. New office towers would not be fully leased, with Central Park facing a sluggish office rental market, experiencing high vacancy rates for several years.
In 1994, the city council vacated the Council House building to allow for the removal of asbestos. Commissioners appointed by the Western Australian government to oversee the break-up of the city council voted to demolish the high-rise, planning to extend Stirling Gardens right across the site to beside Government House. This provoked calls to save the building, supported by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects; however, Graham Kierath, the Minister for Heritage, refused to place the building on the WA Register of Heritage Places. A feasibility study in 1995 recommended to refurbish the building instead, and this plan was approved in 1996. The building was "stripped back to bare bones" and the tiny tiles coating the building's distinctive T-shaped fins were removed, repaired, and re-glued to the surface. The city council moved back into the building in 1999.

2000s–present

High-rise construction catiously returned with the completion of Woodside Plaza in 2003, the first premium-grade skyscraper completed in Perth since Central Park in 1992. This was followed by 100 St Georges Terrace in 2009, the first office building constructed in Perth to a 4.5-star Australian Building Greenhouse Rating.
In the 2010s, Perth would undergo a building boom that significantly increased the size and extent of its skyline. Perth's second tallest building, Brookfield Place, was completed in 2012; its major tenant is BHP, a multinational mining and metals company. The building terminates in a tapered structural roof crown, echoing the shape of Perth's other notable skyscrapers such as 108 St Georges Terrace. In addition to new office towers, more residential and hotel skyscrapers were built at a greater height, such as Elevation Tower, which became the city's tallest residential building in 2010. Residential developments in East Perth such as Elevation Tower, Concerto, and Vue Tower extended the central skyline to the east.
One of the largest recent development projects is that of Elizabeth Quay, involving the construction of an artificial inlet on what was previously the Esplanade Reserve, along the Swan River. Construction began in 2012 and is ongoing; so far, notable skyscrapers built on the site include a Ritz Carlton hotel and One The Esplanade. Currently rising will be two of Perth's five tallest buildings: EQ West, planned to be completed in 2026 at 186 m tall, and Lot 4 EQ, which will be 212 m tall.
The 2010s and 2020s has also seen a growth in high-rises located outside of central Perth, most notably across the Swan River in South Perth, where the 147.5 m tall Civic Heart was completed in 2024, now the tallest residential building in Perth and the tallest building outside of the central business district. In Burswood, a 500-room hotel was completed at the Crown Perth resort and casino at a height of 105 m. In the suburbs of Applecross and Mount Pleasant, at the western entrance of the Canning Bridge, several new residential high-rises have gone up since the late 2010s. such as Cirque Duet and Sabina Applecross.

Map of tallest buildings

This map displays the location of buildings taller than 100 m in central Perth. Each marker is coloured by the decade of the building's completion. There are only two buildings in Perth taller than 100 m that are located outside the CBD and the adjacent suburb of East Perth: Crown Perth, which is in Burswood, and Civic Plaza, which is in South Perth.

Tallest buildings

This list ranks completed buildings in Perth that stand at least 100 m tall as of 2026, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. The "Year” column indicates the year of completion. Buildings tied in height are sorted by year of completion with earlier buildings ranked first, and then alphabetically.

Rank	Name	Image	Location	Height m	Floors	Year	Purpose	Notes
1	Central Park		CBD		52	1992	Office	Tallest building in Perth since 1992. Tallest building completed in Perth in the 1990s.
2	Brookfield Place		CBD		45	2012	Office	Tallest building completed in Perth in the 2010s.
3	108 St Georges Terrace		CBD		50	1988	Office	Tallest building in Perth from 1988 to 1992. Formerly known as the Bankwest Tower. Tallest building completed in Perth in the 1980s.
4	QV1		CBD		38	1991	Office
5	David Malcolm Justice Centre		CBD		35	2015	Office
6	Civic Heart		South Perth 99 Mill Point Road		37	2024	Residental	Tallest residential building in Perth. Tallest building in South Perth.
7	Exchange Plaza		CBD		40	1992	Office
8	Mia Yellagonga Tower 3		CBD 1 Spring Street		37	2024	Office	Also known as Capital Square Tower 3.
9	St Martins Tower		CBD		33	1978	Office	Tallest building in Perth from 1978 to 1988. Tallest building completed in Perth in the 1970s.
10	240 St Georges Terrace		CBD		28	2003	Office	Tallest building completed in Perth in the 2000s.
11	One The Esplande		CBD 1 The Esplanade		29	2023	Office	Also known as Chevron Tower.
12	Allendale Square		CBD		31	1977	Office	Tallest building in Perth from 1977 to 1978.
13	140 St Georges Terrace		CBD		30	1976	Office	Tallest building in Perth from 1976 to 1977. Formerly known as the AMP Building or AMP Centre.
14	Mia Yellagonga Tower 1		CBD 11 Mount Street		32	2018	Office	Also known as One Capital Square.
15	The Switch		CBD		39	2022	Residential	Also known as Switch Perth.
16	Concerto		East Perth 189 Adelaide Terrace		37	2017	Residential	Also known as Symphony City. Tallest building in East Perth.
17	Vue Tower		East Perth 63 Adelaide Terrace		34	2019	Residential
18	Equus		CBD		27	2011	Mixed-use	Mixed-use residetial and office building. Tallest mixed-use building in Perth.
19	221 St Georges Terrace		CBD		30	1990	Office	Also known as the Forrest Centre.
20	Governor Stirling Tower		CBD		28	1978	Office
21	Westin Hotel		CBD		28	2017	Hotel	Tallest hotel building in Perth.
22	Telstra Exchange		CBD		17	1979	Communication
23	Bankwest Place		CBD		22	2011	Office	Sits atop Raine Square. Also known simply as Raine Square.
24	Crown Towers		Burswood Great Eastern Highway		21	2016	Hotel	Tallest building in Burswood.
25	Ritz Carlton Hotel		CBD		28	2019	Hotel
26	100 St Georges Terrace		CBD		23	2009	Office	Also known as ENEX100.
27	Elevation Tower		CBD		30	2010	Residential
28	Perth Hub	–	CBD		32	2024	Residental
29	At238		CBD		31	2023	Residential
30	NV Apartments		CBD		33	2020	Residential

Tallest under construction or approved

Under construction

Name	Location	Height m	Floors	Year	Purpose	Notes
EQ West	CBD		53	2026	Residential	Topped out
Garden Tower	East Perth		38	2026	Residential
UniLodge 609 Wellington	CBD		33	2027	Residential
Lumiere	South Perth		30	2027	Residential

Approved

The following table ranks approved skyscrapers in Perth that are expected to be at least 100 m tall as of 2026 based on standard height measurement. The "Year" column indicates the expected year of completion. A dash "–" indicates information about the building’s height or year of completion is not available.

Name	Location	Height m	Floors	Purpose	Year	Status	Notes
St. Andrew's Hotel	CBD		62	Hotel	–	Approved
15 The Esplanade	CBD		56	Mixed Use	–	Approved
Lot 4 EQ	CBD		54	Mixed Use	–	Approved
Milligan Square PBSA	CBD		50	Residental	–	Proposed
Carillon PBSA	CBD		38	Mixed Use	–	Approved
108 Stirling	Northbridge		34	Mixed Use	–	Approved
Subiaco East	Subiaco		36	Residential	2029	Approved
Perth Girls School	East Perth		37	Residential	–	Approved
88 Mill Point	South Perth		36	Residential	–	Approved
Kings Square 5	CBD		27	Office	–	Approved
Kings Square PBSA	CBD		33	Residential	–	Proposed
White Sands	Scarborough		29	Residential	–	Approved
Lot 6 PCL	CBD		30	Residental	2028	Proposed
Bronte Street PBSA West Tower	East Perth		25	Residential	–	Proposed

Timeline of tallest buildings

This following is a list of buildings that once held the title of the tallest building in Perth.

Name	Image	Years as tallest	Height	Floors	Notes
CML Building	–	1936–1962		11	Demolished in 1980.
Citibank House		1962–1970		18	Formerly known as T & G Building
Parmelia House		1970–1973		20
Pan Pacific Perth Hotel		1973–1976		24	Formerly known as Sheraton Hotel
140 St Georges Terrace		1976–1977		30	Formerly known as AMP Building
Allendale Square		1977–1978		31
St Martins Tower		1978–1988		33
108 St Georges Terrace		1988–1992		50	Formerly known as R & I Tower and Bankwest Tower
Central Park		1992–present		52	Current tallest building in Perth