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Above left: nightview from the South of the eastern skyline part of Melbourne,
with 101 Collins Street, 80 Collins Street, ANZ Tower, Sofitel Hotel, and 1 Spring Street.
Above middle: view from Rialto Towers of the eastern part of Melbourne.
Above right: Melbourne seen at night from the Docklands,
with Bourke Place (left) and Rialto Towers (right).


Above: four pictures of 385 Bourke Street (169m/554f, 43 stories, 1983).


Above: four pictures of 530 Collins Street (167m/548f, 40 stories, 1991).


Above left and middle: Casselden Place (166m/545f, 43 stories, 1992).
Above middle left: seen from the observatory level of Rialto Towers:
Telstra Corporate Building (193m/633f - height without spire) and Casselden Place.
Above middle right and right: Ernst & Young Plaza (165m/540f, 40 stories, 2005).


Above: SX1 (163m/535f, 40 stories, 2005).


Above: ANZ World Headquarters (162m/531f, 37 stories, 1993).


Above: 2 Southbank Boulevard (161m/528f, 40 stories, 2005).


Above left and middle left: National Bank House (161m/528f, 40 stories, 1978).
Above middle and middle right: Royal Domain Tower (154m/507f, 44 stories, 2005).
Above right: 140 William Street (152m/500f, 41 stories, 1972.)


Above: four pictures of Crown Towers (152m/500f, 43 stories, 1997).


Above left: Argus Centre (144m/472f, 34 stories, 1991).
Above middle and right: QV Residential (142m/466f, 47 stories, 2005).


Above left: Yarras Edge 5 (134m/440f, 41 stories, 2005).
Above middle and right: 1 Spring Street (132m/433f, 32 stories, 1988).


Above left: Victoria Point (128m/420f, 42 stories, 2005).
Above right: Republic Tower (120m/394f, 36 stories, 2000).


Above left: early evening shots from the observatory of Rialto Towers of downtown Melbourne.
Above middle: view of the Mirvac Yarras Edge complex.
Above right: early morning skyline view from Kings Domain of eastern Melbourne.


Above left: late afternoon shot of the southern part of Melbourne's skyline,
with BlueScope Steel Centre and 101 Collins Street.
Above middle: view over Albert Park and the streets that are used for the annual Formula 1 Grand Prix of Australia.
Above right: Flinders Street Station seen from Rialto Towers.
One of the city's landmarks and the hub of Melbourne's transport system.
The station was built between 1904 and 1910, and was undergoing a major revamp when the pictures was taken (April 2006).
The station handles some 10,300 passenger trains each week.


Above: view of four bridges across Yarra River, that connect downtown Melbourne with Southbank


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or here, to go to a picture page about Melbourne's tallest skyscraper, Eureka Tower.


Melbourne's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. EUREKA TOWER 297m/975f, 91 stories, 2006
2. RIALTO TOWERS 251m/823f, 63 stories, 1986
3. BOURKE PLACE 224m/735f, 51 stories, 1991
4. BLUESCOPE STEEL TOWER 220m/722f, 52 stories, 1991
5. TELSTRA CORPORATE BUILDING 218m/715f, 47 stories, 1992
6. MELBOURNE CENTRAL OFFICE TOWER 211m/692f, 53 stories, 1991
7. 101 COLLINS STREET 195m/640f, 50 stories, 1991
8. FRESHWATER PLACE RESIDENTIAL TOWER 205m/673f, 63 stories, 2005
9. 80 COLLINS STREET 190m/623f, 50 stories, 1977
10. ANZ TOWER 185m/607fm, 46 stories, 1980


The building data, the top 10 of tallest buildings and some of the building information are courtesy of
EMPORIS.COM, one of the world's leading architectural resources on tall buildings.


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