Skyline shots of Brisbane  click here

UPDATED!!  9 July 1999.  More skyline shots added and more accurate information posted. Brisbane is a city of distinctive character and style which combines river, forested hills and bay.  The subtropical climate allows outdoor leisure all year around. Skyscrapers of Brisbane is a webpage put together on our city's skyscrapers.  The skyscraper did not become prevalent in the CBD until the late 1960s-early 1970s when Brisbane kicked off a start to 'grow up' from an overgrown country town to a city of national and international importance. The SGIO Building was essentially Brisbane's first skyscraper.  It was the city's first buliding to pip the 100 metre mark (328ft).  From then on until 1990 the city's skyline grew and grew without any real aim in stemming this growing haphazard development.  Haphazard only works successfully on Tokyo and Japan but not Brisbane. But since 1990 the city council has been involved in extensive town planning strategies that has somewhat hindered the growth of a real landmark skyscraper or tower.  But what is more preferable?  A city with a good visual image or preserving a city's character?  I'll leave that question as rhetoric... Brisbane is growing more and more elegant and is shrugging off its country-town image and is becoming a much sought after place to live in Australia. To start your tour of Brisbane's skyscrapers, click below.  You will start at J Block (Architecture) at the Queensland University of Technology Gardens Point Campus.  View from J Block to South Brisbane.    Credit must be given to R. Braddish from Sydney City Council for his data on height info etc. for each building.  Website put together by and all photos taken  (unless appropriate credit is given) by s.przibella@student.qut.edu.au