Rank |
Name |
Image |
Height (m) |
Height (ft) |
Floors |
Year Completed/Topped Out |
Primary Use |
Location |
Coordinates |
Notes |
1 |
1-6 Guildford Crescent |
 |
96 |
314 |
30 |
2025 |
Residential |
City Centre |
|
Started construction in 2021, topped out in 2025.[5][6] |
2 |
Plot 1 |
 |
90.5 |
296 |
29 |
2025 |
Mixed use / Residential |
Central Quay |
|
Started construction in 2022, topped out in 2025.[7] |
3 |
Principality Stadium |
 |
90 (masts) |
295 (masts) |
|
1999 |
Stadium |
Stadium Plaza |
51.4780°N 3.1825°W / 51.4780; -3.1825 (Millennium Stadium) |
[8] |
4 |
Bridge Street Exchange |
 |
85 |
279 |
26 |
2018 |
Student residential and retail units |
City Centre |
51.4800°N 3.1725°W / 51.4800; -3.1725 (Bridge Street Exchange) |
[9][10][11] |
5 |
Gramercy Tower, 6 Curran Road |
 |
84 |
275 |
27 |
2025 |
Residential |
City Centre |
|
Started construction in 2020, topped out in 2024.[12] |
6 |
Wood Street House |
 |
83.5 |
274 |
22 |
2023 |
Residential and public transport interchange |
Central Square |
51.4773°N 3.1786°W / 51.4773; -3.1786 (Interchange Tower) |
[13] |
7 |
Capital Tower |
 |
80 |
262 |
25 |
1967 |
Office and retail units |
City Centre |
51.4829°N 3.1776°W / 51.4829; -3.1776 (Capital Tower) |
From 1967 until 2018, the tallest building in Cardiff to the top of the roof.[14] |
8 |
Stadium House |
 |
78 (excluding spire)
125 (including spire) |
256 (excluding spire)
410 (including spire) |
17 |
1976 (Renovated 2002) |
Office |
Stadium Plaza |
51.4778°N 3.1806°W / 51.4778; -3.1806 (Stadium House) |
With the communications mast, the structure (added in 2002) is the highest point in Cardiff. The stainless steel mast measures 131 feet (40 m).
The lower levels of the building houses the Cardiff Empire Telephone Exchange. [15] |
9 |
Plot 2 |
 |
76 |
249 |
24 |
2025 |
Mixed use / Residential |
Central Quay |
|
Started construction in 2022, topped out in 2025.[16] |
10 |
Zenith |
 |
75[note 1] |
246 |
26 |
2019 |
Student residential |
Capital Quarter |
51.4764°N 3.1715°W / 51.4764; -3.1715 (Zenith) |
[18] |
The Copper Works (Y Gwaith Copr) |
 |
75 |
246 |
23 |
2023 |
Residential |
Capital Quarter |
51.4767°N 3.1709°W / 51.4767; -3.1709 (The Copper Works) |
[19] |
11 |
Altolusso |
 |
72 |
236 |
23 |
2005 |
Residential |
City Centre |
51.4775°N 3.1725°W / 51.4775; -3.1725 (Altolusso) |
[20] |
12 |
Tŷ Pont Haearn |
 |
63 |
207 |
21 |
2005 |
Student residential and lower multi-storey car park |
City Centre |
51.4780°N 3.1725°W / 51.4780; -3.1725 (Ty Pont Haearn) |
[21] |
Meridian Gate |
 |
63 |
207 |
21 |
2009 |
Hotel |
City Centre |
51.4768°N 3.1737°W / 51.4768; -3.1737 (Meridian Gate) |
[22] |
13 |
Tŷ Admiral |
 |
61 |
203 |
14 |
2015 |
Office and retail units |
City Centre |
51.4795°N 3.1728°W / 51.4795; -3.1728 (Ty Admiral) |
Not to be confused with Admiral House. Designed by Glenn Howells Architects at a cost of £58 million.[23] |
Premier Inn (Stadium) Hotel |
 |
61 |
200 |
18 |
2023 |
Hotel / restaurants |
City Centre |
51.4763°N 3.1755°W / 51.4763; -3.1755 (Premier Inn Hotel) |
[13] |
14 |
Holland House |
 |
60.3 |
198 |
15 |
1968 (Renovated 2004)[24] |
Hotel (former office) |
Newport Road |
51.4836°N 3.1672°W / 51.4836; -3.1672 (Holland House) |
[25] |
15 |
Llandaff Cathedral |
 |
59.40 |
195 |
|
1290 |
Religion |
Llandaff |
51.4958°N 3.2180°W / 51.4958; -3.2180 (Llandaff Cathedral) |
Until 1967, the tallest building in Cardiff to the top of the spire.[26] |
16 |
City Hall Clock Tower |
 |
59 |
194 |
|
1905 |
Civic building |
Cathays Park |
51.4850°N 3.1792°W / 51.4850; -3.1792 (Cardiff City Hall Clock Tower) |
[27] |
17 |
William Morgan House |
 |
58 (approx) |
190 |
12 |
2020 |
Office |
Central Square |
51.4776°N 3.1801°W / 51.4776; -3.1801 (William Morgan House) |
UK Government Regional Hub and offices of HMRC. Named after the bible translator William Morgan (1545–1604).[28][29] |
Helmont House |
 |
58 |
190 |
12 |
1984 |
Office / Hotel |
Canal Quarter |
51.4810°N 3.1713°W / 51.4810; -3.1713 (Helmont House) |
[30] |
Brunel House |
 |
58 |
190 |
16 |
1974[31] |
Office and retail units |
Newport Road |
51.4823°N 3.1698°W / 51.4823; -3.1698 (Brunel House) |
Originally called Great Western House, headquarters for the Western Region of British Rail.[32][33] |
18 |
Pendeen House |
 |
56 |
184 |
19 |
2014 |
Residential |
Ferry Court,
Cardiff Bay |
51.45365°N 3.1768°W / 51.45365; -3.1768 (Pendeen House) |
[34] |
19 |
Vita Student, 11 Park Place |
 |
55.2 |
181 |
18 |
2022 |
Student residential |
Park Place |
51.4841°N 3.1749°W / 51.4841; -3.1749 (Vita Student Cardiff) |
[35] |
20 |
Admiral House |
 |
55 |
180 |
16 |
2006 (Renovated) |
Residential |
Newport Road |
51.4842°N 3.1656°W / 51.4842; -3.1656 (Admiral House) |
Not to be confused with Tŷ Admiral[36] |
21 |
Anchor Works |
 |
52 |
170 |
15 |
2024 |
Residential |
Dumballs Road |
|
Started construction in 2021, topped out in 2024.[37] |
22 |
Landmark Place |
 |
51 |
167 |
17 |
2004 |
Residential and retail units |
Canal Quarter |
51.4815°N 3.1713°W / 51.4815; -3.1713 (Landmark Place) |
[38] |
23 |
Verse, 47-53 Charles Street |
 |
50.5 |
165 |
16 |
2023 |
Residential |
City Centre |
51.4803°N 3.1729°W / 51.4803; -3.1729 (Verse apartments) |
[39] |
24 |
Cardiff University Tower Building |
 |
50 |
164 |
12 |
|
University |
Cathays Park |
51.4888°N 3.1808°W / 51.4888; -3.1808 (Cardiff University Tower Building) |
[40] |
25 |
Vega House, Celestia |
 |
48 |
158 |
|
2007 |
Residential |
Cardiff Bay |
51.4643°N 3.1590°W / 51.4643; -3.1590 (Celestia) |
[41] |
Southgate House |
 |
48 |
157 |
13 |
1978 |
Office / Retail |
Central Square |
51.4778°N 3.1792°W / 51.4778; -3.1792 (Southgate House) |
[42] |
29 |
Loudoun House |
 |
47 |
154 |
16 |
1964 |
Residential |
Butetown |
51.4699°N 3.1703°W / 51.4699; -3.1703 (Loudoun House) |
[43] |
Nelson House |
 |
47 |
154 |
16 |
1964 |
Residential |
Butetown |
51.4701°N 3.1709°W / 51.4701; -3.1709 (Nelson House) |
[44] |
30 |
ISIS 3D |
 |
46 |
151 |
15 |
2007 |
Residential |
Century Wharf |
51.4675°N 3.1747°W / 51.4675; -3.1747 (ISIS 3D) |
[45] |
Eastgate House |
 |
46 |
151 |
14 |
1969 |
Office |
Newport Road |
51.4851°N 3.1658°W / 51.4851; -3.1658 (Eastgate House) |
[46] |
McKenzie House |
 |
46 |
151 |
12 |
|
University |
Newport Road |
51.4840°N 3.1661°W / 51.4840; -3.1661 (McKenzie House) |
Previously known as NPI House[47] |
St Andrews United Reformed Church |
 |
46 |
150 |
|
1900 |
Church |
Roath |
51.4960°N 3.1645°W / 51.4960; -3.1645 (St Andrews URC Church, Roath) |
[48] |
31 |
Brains Brewery Chimney |
 |
45.7 |
150[49] |
|
1938[49] |
Chimney |
Central Quay |
|
|
32 |
The Aspect |
 |
45 |
148 |
15 |
1960s, renovated 2002 |
Residential and retail units |
City Centre |
51.4827°N 3.1710°W / 51.4827; -3.1710 (The Aspect) |
Converted office block (Fanum House) with 2 additional storeys added in 2002.[50][51] |
Strata |
 |
45 |
148 |
15 |
2009 |
Residential |
Century Wharf |
51.4681°N 3.1761°W / 51.4681; -3.1761 (Century Wharf: Strata) |
[52] |
The Neighbourhood |
 |
45 |
148 |
11 |
|
Residential and retail units |
Newport Road |
51.4860°N 3.1662°W / 51.4860; -3.1662 (The Neighbourhood) |
Former City Road campus of Coleg Glan Hafren, converted in 2016 into a student accommodation and a coffee shop.[53][54][55] |
33 |
Cardiff Castle Clock Tower |
 |
40 |
131 |
|
1873 |
Monument |
Castle Quarter |
51.4813°N 3.182°W / 51.4813; -3.182 (Cardiff Castle Clock Tower) |
[56] |
St John the Baptist Church |
 |
40 |
131 |
|
circa 1490 |
Church |
The Hayes |
51.4807°N 3.1783°W / 51.4807; -3.1783 (St John the Baptist Church) |
[57] |