Gone are those days when LIC Building at Anna Salai with a height of 54 m dominated Chennai’s skyline. With the lifting of restrictions on the maximum permissible building height, our city is experiencing a drastic vertical growth and the construction boom is altering the Chennai’s skyline. The top 30 tallest structures in Chennai have all been built within last 6 years.

Here we have compiled a list of 10 tallest buildings in Chennai – from shortest to tallest, some built and some under construction.

10) Emami Tejomaya

• Completion: 2017
• Height: 102 metres (335 ft.), 27 stories
• Location: 1/4A,Rajiv Gandhi Road,OMR,Near Toll Gate,Egatoor

9) House of Hiranandani

(Birchwood, Greenwood, Seawood, Brentwood, Oceanic and Pinewood buildings)

• Completion: 2011-2013
• Height: 104 metres (341 ft.) , 28 stories
• Location: Off Old Mahabalipuram Road, Egattur

Image Source: Pugalenthi Iniabarathi

8) Pinnacle Crest

• Completion: 2016
• Height: 104 metres (341 ft.), 30 stories 
• Location: Sholinganallur

7) TVH Ouranya

• Completion: 2013
• Height: 111 metres (364 ft.), 35 stories
• Location: OMR, Next to Siruseri IT Park, Padur

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6) Edina, House of Hiranandani

• Completion: 2015
• Height: 109.2 metres (358 ft), 40 stories
• Location: Off Old Mahabalipuram Road, Egattur

 

5) Tiana, House of Hiranandani

• Completion: 2015
• Height: 114.35 metres (375 ft), 40 stories
• Location: Off Old Mahabalipuram Road, Egattur

4) TCS Signature tower, Siruseri

• Completion: 2016
• Height: 132 metres (433 ft)
• Location: Siruseri

3) Anchorage, House of Hiranandani

• Completion: 2016
• Height: 160 metres (525 ft), 45 stories
• Location: Off Old Mahabalipuram Road, Egattur

2) Akshaya Abhov

• Completion: 2017
• Height: 182 metres (597 ft), 42 stories
• Location: Padur

1) Bayview, House of Hiranandani

• Completion: 2015
• Height: 204 metres (669 ft), 40 stories
• Location: Off Old Mahabalipuram Road, Egattur

Featured Image Source: Daniel Roy