List of tallest buildings in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton Skyline, view from below Sam Lawrence Park

Landmark Place is the tallest building in Hamilton.

The Stelco Tower with a few other buildings in downtown Hamilton.

Hamilton is the fourth largest city in Ontario. In Hamilton, there are 14 buildings that stand taller than 75 metres (230 ft). The tallest building in the city is the 43-storey, 130 m (427 ft) Landmark Place.^[1] The second-tallest building in the city is Stelco Tower, standing at 104 m (341 ft) tall with 25 storeys.

As of February 2011, the city contains 15 skyscrapers over 75 m (246 ft) and 114 high-rise buildings that exceed 35 m (115 ft) in height.^[2]

The tallest new development in Hamilton will be the 36-storey Residences of Royal Connaught. This multi-phase development will include the restoration of the Royal Connaught Hotel and the addition of 3 new buildings atop a seven story podium which features ground floor retail.

With Hamilton's downtown core going through a revival there are many new developments that promise to change the skyline dramatically.

Tallest buildings

Skyline view from Jolley Cut, mountain access road

Piggot Building, "Hamilton's first skyscraper"

This list ranks Hamilton skyscrapers that stand at least 75 m (246 ft) tall, based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Rank	Building	Image	Address	Height	Floors	Completed	Notes
1	Landmark Place[3]		100 Main St. E.	130 m (427 ft)	43	1974	[4]
2	Stelco Tower[5]		100 King St. W.	104 m (341 ft)	25	1973	[6]
3	Olympia Apartments		150 Charlton Ave. E.	98 m (322 ft)	33	1976	[7]
4	Ellen Fairclough Building		119 King St. W.	92 m (302 ft)	20	1981	[8]
5	BDC Building		25 Main St. W.	91.5 m (300 ft)	22	1971	[9]
6	The Martinique		155 Park St. S.	84 m (276 ft)	25	?	[10]
7	Commerce Place II		25 King St. W.	81 m (266 ft)	16	1990	[11]
8	Commerce Place I		1 King St. E.	81 m (266 ft)	16	1987	[12]
9	The Villager		160 Market St.	80 m (260 ft)	25	?	[13]
10	Bay 200		200 Bay St. S.	80 m (260 ft)	25	1975	[14]
11	55 Hess Street South		55 Hess St. S.	80 m (260 ft)	23	?	[15]
12	Queen's Terrace		151 Queen St. N.	80 m (260 ft)	25	1974	[16]
13	First Place Hamilton		350 King St. E.	78 m (256 ft)	25	1976	[17]

Other buildings

The Pigott Building in downtown Hamilton

This is a list of other noteworthy buildings with economic and historical significance.

CHCH Television Tower

CHCH Television Tower is a 357.5 metre-high guyed TV mast in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada which is the primary transmitter for television station CHCH-TV.

When it was built in 1960, the CHCH Television Tower became the tallest structure in Canada. Only two structures built since then are taller within Canada: the CN Tower in Toronto and the Inco Superstack in Sudbury, Ontario. The CHCH tower ranks eighth in height among the tallest structures in the British-based Commonwealth.

Current Developments

See also

• List of old Canadian buildings
• List of tallest buildings in Canada
• Canadian Centre for Architecture
• Society of Architectural Historians
• Canadian architecture
• List of tallest buildings in London, Ontario

References

External links

• Hamilton diagrams
• Skyscraperpage Hamilton
• CHCH Television Tower diagram

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