Melbourne, the second largest city in Australia, is home to approximately 695 completed high-rise buildings. Of the ten tallest buildings in the Australia, five are located in Melbourne. Most of Melbourne`s tallest skyscrapers are concentrated in the City Centre precinct however, other locations of prominent skyscrapers and tall buildings in Melbourne include Carlton, Docklands, Southbank, South Melbourne, South Yarra and St Kilda Road. Geographically, Melbourne`s central business district comprises a western skyline and an eastern skyline. These are divided by the Yarra River, which extends to the city`s east. Buildings are more densely packed in the west than the east, although the east has two of the city`s tallest buildings to architectural feature–120 Collins Street and 101 Collins Street, respectively, whilst the Rialto Towers is tallest by roof. As a whole, the city overtook Sydney in 2011 as having the tallest skyline in the country and the 24th tallest in the world, when the heights of the top ten tallest buildings in the city are combined.

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