The Peak Apartments

Sydney, the largest city in Australia, is home to 1,168 completed high-rise buildings, the most in an Australian city. The tallest buildings in the city are heavily concentrated in the central business district, although suburbs within the Sydney metropolitan area, such as Chatswood and Parramatta boast a significant number of high-rises.As of June 2016, the entire city (including metropolitan suburbs) has 35 buildings that rise at least in height. The earliest skyscraper constructed in Sydney was Culwulla Chambers, which stands at a height of and was completed in 1912. Designed by Spain, Cosh and Minnett, the building consisted of 14 floors and cost £100,000 to build, equivalent of approximately $1 million in today's money.Sydney originally had a 46m height limit that was enforced until 1957. The abolition of this limit saw a construction boom for skyscrapers and buildings beginning in the early 1960s with the construction of the Australia Square, notable for being the world's tallest light weight concrete building at the time it was builtand also notable for being the first skyscraper in Australia. Since August 1981, the tallest structure in Sydney is the Sydney Tower, at 309m. However, according to the international standard of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, observation towers are not fully habitable and do not count as buildings. Hence, the tallest building in Sydney is the Chifley Tower, which was completed in 1992 and stands at 244m. It is also the tenth-tallest building in Australia.