List of tallest buildings in Austin, Texas
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poly 444 725 666 755 1044 888 1036 1414 422 1443 Gables Park Tower
poly 688 748 1051 896 1029 1332 1244 1340 1251 600 681 526 The Bowie
poly 163 1177 178 304 533 363 526 718 452 718 429 1207 Spring
poly 1244 873 1592 873 1569 1362 1229 1340 The Monarch
poly 1732 1325 1717 799 1895 799 1895 1303 Fifth and West Residences
poly 3087 1214 3509 1229 3716 1251 3701 1340 3072 1355 Austin Central Library
poly 2206 792 2539 740 2672 762 2672 1295 2221 1295 Seaholm Residences
poly 2280 777 2280 252 2398 215 2569 259 2569 733 2450 725 The Independent
poly 2613 755 2606 614 2776 622 2769 814 2798 807 2798 1295 2680 1295 2672 762 Sixth & Guadalupe
poly 1895 1155 1895 1281 2021 1295 2028 1162 Seven
poly 3568 1236 3568 1014 3627 651 3642 526 3805 444 3879 555 3968 881 4057 1103 4182 1325 3716 1310 3701 1244 Block 185
poly 3339 1207 3339 1059 3390 844 3598 822 3583 1059 3575 1251 Austin Proper
poly 3050 1236 3050 1096 3124 859 3213 851 3398 873 3346 1081 3331 1214 Third + Shoal
poly 2820 1281 2828 1192 2894 1192 2894 762 3094 711 3079 614 3131 614 3131 851 3057 1073 3065 1273 360 Condominiums
poly 3946 822 4042 1103 4168 1325 4316 1318 4323 1207 4249 1207 4242 999 4160 1007 4160 807 Northshore
poly 4471 1310 4471 1029 4567 999 4634 1029 4649 1288 Ashton
poly 4316 1207 4308 785 4464 748 4471 1318 4330 1318 The Austonian
poly 4634 1110 4812 1103 4856 1221 4856 1310 4649 1310 100 Congress
poly 4797 1118 4804 1073 4886 1073 4974 1244 4960 1281 4863 1288 4863 1207 One Eleven Congress
poly 4960 1192 4952 1059 5093 1051 5093 1281 4989 1281 Fairmont Austin
poly 5137 1392 5123 1207 5219 1147 5345 1184 5359 1377 San Jacinto Center
poly 5152 1184 5152 1110 5226 1103 5241 1110 5256 1155 5197 1162 Four Seasons Residences Austin
poly 5433 1369 5433 1192 5656 1192 5648 1399 The Quincy
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The city of Austin, the state capital of Texas, is the 10th most populous city in the United States {{as of|2023|7|lc=y}} and the central hub of the Greater Austin metropolitan statistical area.{{cite web |last1=Huber |first1=Mark |title=Fast forward: Austin metro area sees two decades of explosive growth |url=https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/2020-vision-austin/austin-metro-area-sees-two-decades-of-explosive-growth/ |website=2020 Austin |publisher=Gannett |access-date=July 12, 2023 |date=January 10, 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Hachtman |first1=Chris |last2=Kolter |first2=Paul |last3=Smith |first3=Steven |title=Uniquely Austin: Stewarding growth in America’s boomtown |url=https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/sustainable-inclusive-growth/future-of-america/uniquely-austin-stewarding-growth-in-americas-boomtown |publisher=McKinsey & Company |access-date=July 12, 2023 |date=April 18, 2023}} According to data from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), there are 33 buildings in Austin with heights of at least {{cvt|100|m}}. CTBUH also ranks Austin 19th nationally and 3rd statewide based on the number of completed buildings with heights of at least {{cvt|150|m|order=flip}}. The aggregated heights of Austin's high-rises is second in Texas, behind Houston, based on data from Texas Real Estate Source. The current tallest completed building in Austin is Sixth and Guadalupe, with a height of {{cvt|874|ft}}, followed by The Independent at {{cvt|694|ft}} and The Austonian at {{cvt|683|ft}}.{{efn|Unless otherwise noted, heights in this article refer to the architectural height of buildings. CTBUH defines this measure as "The level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the architectural top of the building, including spires, but not including antennae, signage, flagpoles or other functional-technical equipment."{{cite web |title=Measuring Tall Building Height |url=https://www.ctbuh.org/resource/height#tab-measuring-tall-building-height |website=Tall Building Criteria |publisher=Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat |access-date=July 12, 2023}}|name=height}} The Independent has been the tallest completed building in Austin and the tallest in Texas outside of Dallas and Houston since its completion in 2019,{{cite web |last1=Wider |first1=Cindy |title=10 downtown Austin buildings that didn’t exist in 2010 |url=https://austin.curbed.com/2019/12/4/20974856/10-new-austin-buildings-decade-2010s |website=Curbed Austin |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=July 14, 2023 |date=December 4, 2019}} though its height was surpassed by the {{cvt|875|ft|adj=on}} tall Sixth and Guadalupe currently under construction.
Bearing a height of {{cvt|311|ft}},{{cite web |title=Texas State Capitol |url=https://guidetoaustinarchitecture.com/places/texas-state-capitol/ |publisher=Guide to Austin Architecture |access-date=July 12, 2023}} The Texas State Capitol remained the tallest structure in Austin long after its construction in the 1880s, with the city's central Congress Avenue otherwise lined with single-story buildings through the start of the 1900s. The eight-story Scarbrough Building and the nine-story Littlefield Building, built between 1910 and 1912, were Austin's first high-rise buildings; the Littlefield Building was the tallest commercial building in the U.S. west of New Orleans and east of San Francisco upon its completion.{{cite news |last1=Wermund |first1=Ben |title=Littlefield, Scarbrough buildings mark a century in Austin |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2012/09/22/littlefield-scarbrough-buildings-mark-a-century-in-austin/9912413007/ |access-date=July 12, 2023 |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=September 26, 2018 |orig-date=September 22. 2012 |location=Austin, Texas}} In 1928, the Austin City Council briefly considered setting a {{cvt|100|ft|adj=on}} height limit for future construction in the city but backed away from the proposal.{{cite web |last1=Pritchard |first1=Caleb |title=Austin’s Rich History of Getting Mad at Skyscrapers Begins At Norwood Tower |url=https://austin.towers.net/austins-rich-history-of-getting-mad-at-skyscrapers-begins-at-norwood-tower/ |publisher=Towers |access-date=July 12, 2023 |location=Austin, Texas |date=September 12, 2017}}
After the mid-20th century, Downtown Austin began to transition from being predominantly composed of low-rise buildings to a skyline with high-rises.{{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=Ben |title=More than 20 towers set to change Austin's skyline |url=https://communityimpact.com/austin/central-austin/2022/05/23/more-than-20-towers-set-to-change-austins-skyline/ |access-date=July 12, 2023 |work=Community Impact |date=August 15, 2022 |location=Austin, Texas}} Beginning with the 26-story Westgate Tower, the addition of new skyscrapers to Downtown Austin between 1967 and 1980 led to an increasing realization that views of the state capitol from certain vantage points could become obscured. The capitol was also no longer the city's tallest building,{{cite web |last1=Patoski |first1=Joe Nick |title=A Brief History of the Rise and Rise of Texas Skyscrapers |url=https://texashighways.com/travel-news/a-brief-history-of-the-rise-and-rise-of-texas-skyscrapers/ |website=Texas Highways |publisher=Texas Department of Transportation |access-date=July 12, 2023 |date=October 7, 2022}} surpassed in height by the Dobie Center and the Chase Bank Tower.{{efn|The Dobie Center, completed in 1972, has a total height of {{cvt|328|ft}} and an architectural height of approximately {{cvt|307|ft}}.{{cite web |title=Dobie Center in Austin |url=https://www.skydb.net/building/?id=932447190 |publisher=SKYDB |access-date=July 12, 2023}}{{CTBUH Skyscraper Center|id= 10776|name=Dobie Center|access-date=July 12, 2023}} The former value is taller than the {{cvt|311|ft|adj=on}} height of the Texas State Capitol while the latter is shorter.{{cite web |title=Texas State Capitol in Austin |url=https://www.skydb.net/building/?id=479243585 |publisher=SKYDB |access-date=July 12, 2023}}{{CTBUH Skyscraper Center|id= 16089|name=Texas State Capitol|access-date=July 12, 2023}} The Chase Bank Tower, completed in 1974, has an architectural height of around {{cvt|325|ft}}, making it unambiguously taller than the capitol building.{{CTBUH Skyscraper Center|id= 10780|name=Chase Bank Tower|access-date=July 12, 2023}}|name=capitol}} In response, the Texas State Legislature and the City of Austin created 35 Texas Capitol View Corridors that would preserve selected views of the capitol. By the mid-1980s, Austin featured over a dozen skyscrapers, with at least 12 buildings built during the decade featuring at least 15 floors.{{cite news |last1=Rambin |first1=James |title=Looking Back at the Ads of Downtown Austin’s 1980s Tower Boom |url=https://austin.towers.net/looking-back-at-the-ads-of-downtown-austins-1980s-tower-boom/ |access-date=July 12, 2023 |work=Towers |date=May 8, 2018 |location=Austin, Texas}} Described by the Austin American-Statesman as "the first downtown high-rise wave", the uptick in skyscraper construction that began in the 1980s was mostly characterized by granite and limestone office buildings.{{cite news |last1=Hawkins |first1=Lori |last2=Novak |first2=Shonda |title=Changes at the top |url=http://specials.mystatesman.com/austin-skyline/ |access-date=July 12, 2023 |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=December 4, 2015 |location=Austin, Texas}} More rapid construction of new high-rises in downtown Austin began by the 1990s and continued thereafter,{{cite news |last1=Garcia-Buckalew |first1=Bob |title=How Downtown Austin grew out of the dust|url=https://www.kvue.com/article/money/economy/boomtown-2040/how-downtown-austin-changed-over-the-years/269-5446a870-3fe7-466d-8e51-f3ade5d0046a |access-date=July 12, 2023 |work=KVUE |date=November 23, 2022 |location=Austin, Texas}} contrasting a concurrent slowdown in the construction of new skyscrapers in Dallas and Houston. Mark Lamster, an architecture critic for the Dallas Morning News, attributed the emergence of increasingly taller skyscrapers to the small size and high density of Austin, incentivizing vertical growth due to the resultingly high cost of land. The Statesman identified a second wave of new skyscrapers in Austin that began in the early 2000s, including construction of the Frost Bank Tower. By 2010, the construction of new residential buildings and office space for technology companies accounted for most of the city's new skyscrapers. By 2023, the combined height of Austin's high-rises overtook Dallas according to Texas Real Estate Source.{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Ariana |title=Houston outranks Dallas and Austin as tallest city in the state, study says |url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-tallest-city-texas-18132607.php |access-date=July 12, 2023 |work=Chron |publisher=Hearst Newspapers |date=June 2, 2023 |location=Houston, Texas}}{{cite news |last1=Brown |first1=Steve |title=Dallas skyscrapers don’t stack up to the booming Houston and Austin skylines |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/business/real-estate/2023/05/23/dallas-skyscrapers-dont-stack-up-to-the-booming-houston-and-austin-skylines/ |access-date=July 12, 2023 |work=The Dallas Morning News |date=May 23, 2023 |location=Dallas, Texas}}
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Historical skyline appearance
Austin downtown 1976.jpg|1976
Austin from town lake east 2006.jpg|2006
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File:Austin Skyline 2023 East View.jpg|2023
Tallest buildings
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Austin has 56 completed buildings that stand at least {{convert|300|ft}} tall based on standard height measurement. This height includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.{{efn|If two or more buildings are of the same height, they are listed in order of floor count, then alphabetically. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.}} Unless otherwise noted, heights and floor counts are values assessed by CTBUH.
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Tallest under construction, approved, and proposed
This lists buildings that are currently under construction in Austin and are expected to rise to a height of at least {{cvt|250|ft}}. Buildings under construction that have already been topped out are also included. Unless otherwise noted, heights and floor counts are values assessed by CTBUH.
= Under Construction =
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scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Image ! scope="col" width="75px" |Height ! scope="col" | Floors ! scope="col" | Use ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Coordinates ! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes |
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scope="row" | Waterline
| {{convert|1031|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 74 | Residential / Hotel / Office | 2026 | {{Coord|30|15|41.52|N|97|44|20.67|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Waterline}} |
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scope="row" | The Republic
| File:Republic Tower-Sept 2023.jpg | {{convert|710|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 47 | Office | 2025 | {{Coord|30|16|0.61|N|97|44|51.68|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=The Republic}} | {{CTBUH Skyscraper Center|id=33986|name=The Republic|access-date=July 15, 2023}} |
scope="row" | ATX Tower
|{{multiple image | align = center | direction = vertical | width = 100 | image1 = ATX Tower from the Southwest (cropped).png | caption1 = March 17, 2023 | image2 = ATX Tower-Austin TX- Nov 16 2023 (cropped).jpg | caption2 = Nov 16 2023| }} | {{convert|675|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 58 | Residential / Office | 2025 | {{Coord|30|16|7.21|N|97|44|45.77|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=ATX Tower}} | {{CTBUH Skyscraper Center|id=42896|name=ATX Tower|access-date=July 15, 2023}} |
scope="row" | Modern Austin
| {{Upload image}} | {{convert|658|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 56 | Residential / Office | 2025 | {{Coord|30|15|38.83|N|97|44|18.07|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Modern Austin}} | {{cite web |last1=Rambin |first1=James |title=Meet the Modern Austin Condo Tower, Headed for the Modern Rainey District |url=https://austin.towers.net/meet-the-modern-austin-condo-tower-headed-for-the-modern-rainey-district/ |publisher=Towers |access-date=July 15, 2023 |date=July 29, 2021}}{{SkyscraperPage | id= 117729 | title= Modern Austin | accessdate=July 15, 2023}}{{efn|name=ssp}} |
scope="row" | 415 Colorado Street
| File:415 Colorado from the Northwest.png | {{convert|640|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 47 | Residential / Office | 2025 | {{Coord|30|16|1.81|N|97|44|39.33|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=415 Colorado Street}} | {{CTBUH Skyscraper Center|id=41209|name=415 Colorado Street|access-date=July 15, 2023}} |
scope="row" | The Travis
| File:The Travis under construction from the West (cropped).png | {{convert|594|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 52 | Residential | 2025 | {{Coord|30|15|36.3|N|97|44|24.99|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=The Travis}} | {{SkyscraperPage|id=113938|title=The Travis| accessdate=July 15, 2023}}{{efn|name=ssp}} |
scope="row" | Paseo
| {{Upload image}} | {{convert|567|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 48 | Residential | 2025 | {{Coord|30|15|33.42|N|97|44|20.01|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Paseo}} | {{SkyscraperPage|id=132187|title=Paseo|accessdate=July 15, 2023}}{{efn|name=ssp}} |
scope="row" | Villas on 24th
| {{Upload image}} | {{convert|312|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 31 | Residential | 2025 | {{Coord|30|17|15.66|N|97|44|39.73|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Villas on 24th}} | {{cite web |title=Interactive Development Review Permitting and Inspection |url=https://abc.austintexas.gov/public-search-other?t_detail=1&t_selected_folderrsn=12980528&t_selected_propertyrsn=475454}}{{Cite web |last=Moss |first=Tyler |date=2023-09-15 |title=New 30-story housing project breaks ground in West Campus |url=https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/new-30-story-housing-project-breaks-ground-in-west-campus |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=KEYE |language=en}} |
scope="row" | Icon
|{{Upload image}} |{{convert|307|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} |30 |Residential |2025 | {{Coord|30|17|7.11|N|97|44|34.97|W|region:US-TX_type:landmark_scale:4000|display=inline|name=Icon}} |
= Approved =
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|+ !Name !Floors !Notes |
Perennial Tower I (4th & Brazos)
|628 / 191 |47 |
Block 16
|616 / 188 |43 |
5RR
|460 / 140 |37 |
12th & Red River
|335 / 102 |27 |Hospitality{{cite web |last=Edgemon |first=E |date=2019 |title=Five-star hotel still planned for downtown Austin Brick Oven site — but new developer attached |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2019/07/17/five-star-hotel-still-planned-for-downtown-austin.html |access-date=29 December 2019 |website=Bizjournals.com}}{{cite web |title=Interactive Development Review Permitting and Inspection | AustinTexas.gov - The Official Website of the City of Austin |url=https://abc.austintexas.gov/web/permit/public-search-other?t_detail=1&t_selected_folderrsn=12193385&t_selected_propertyrsn=5112565 |access-date=2019-12-29 |publisher=Abc.austintexas.gov}} |
= Proposed =
Timeline of tallest buildings
This list includes buildings that have held the title of the tallest building (as measured by architectural height and not tip or roof height) in Austin as well as the current titleholder, The Independent.
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Name
! class="unsortable"| Image ! Street address ! Years as tallest ! Height ! Floors ! Coordinates ! class="unsortable"| Reference |
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Texas State Capitol
| File:Texas State Capitol building-oblique view.JPG | style="text-align:left;" | 1100 Congress Avenue | 1888–1974 | {{convert|311|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 4 | {{coord|30|16|28.42|N|97|44|25.07|W|region:US}} |
Chase Bank Tower
| File:ChaseBankTower-Aug2009.JPG | 210 West 6th Street | 1974–1975 | {{convert|325|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 22 | {{coord|30|16|8|N|97|44|41.45|W|region:US}} |
Bank of America Center
| File:BankOfAmericaCenter-Feb2009.JPG | style="text-align:left;" | 515 Congress Avenue | 1975–1984 | {{convert|336|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 25 | {{coord|30|16|3.47|N|97|44|33.41|W|region:US}} |
600 Congress
| File:OneAmericanCenter-Nov2007-a.JPG | style="text-align:left;" | 116 West 6th Street | 1984–2004 | {{convert|401|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 32 | {{coord|30|16|6.94|N|97|44|35.96|W|region:US}} |
Frost Bank Tower
| style="text-align:left;" | 120 East 4th Street | 2004–2008 | {{convert|516|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 33 | {{coord|30|15|58.93|N|97|44|34.42|W|region:US}} |
360 Condominiums
| File:360Condos-Aug2010-a.JPG | style="text-align:left;" | 360 Nueces Street | 2008–2010 | {{convert|581|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 45 | {{coord|30|16|2.17|N|97|44|59.21|W|region:US}} |
The Austonian
| File:The Austonian From Cesar Chavez 2011.jpg | style="text-align:left;" | 201 Colorado Street | 2010–2019 | {{convert|683|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} | 56 | {{coord|30|15|53.36|N|97|44|41.45|W|region:US}} |
The Independent
|80px |301 West Avenue |2019–2023 |{{cvt|694|ft|m|0|abbr=values}} |58 |{{coord|30|16|04.6|N|97|45|03.04|W|region:US}} |
Sixth & Guadalupe
|80px |400 West 6th Street |2023–present |{{cvt|875|ft|m|0|abbr=values}}{{efn|Sources disagree on the height of Sixth and Guadalupe. CTBUH lists the height of Sixth and Guadalupe as {{cvt|874|ft}}. SKYDB lists a height of {{cvt|837|ft}}.{{cite web |title=6 X Guadalupe in Austin|url=https://www.skydb.net/building/927765277/6-x-guadalupe-austin/ |publisher=SKYDB |access-date=November 11, 2023}} SkyscraperPage lists a height of {{cvt|874|ft}}.{{cite web |title=Sixth & Guadalupe |url=https://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=114076|publisher=SkyscraperPage |access-date=November 11, 2023}}|name=SixthGuadalupeDisputed}} |66 |{{Coord|30|16|10.06|N|97|44|47.86|W|region:US}} |
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Texas
- List of tallest buildings in the United States
- List of tallest structures in the United States
- List of tallest buildings in Dallas
- List of tallest buildings in El Paso
- List of tallest buildings in Fort Worth
- List of tallest buildings in Houston
- List of tallest buildings in San Antonio
- List of tallest buildings in Corpus Christi
Notes
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References
; General
- {{cite web|url=http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/?id=101341 |title=Buildings of Austin |publisher=Emporis |access-date=April 16, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605093433/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/ci/bu/?id=101341 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 }}
; Specific
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External links
- [http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?c93 Diagram of Austin skyscrapers] on SkyscraperPage
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