Central Plaza 1, Brisbane

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Central Plaza One is the third tallest skyscraper in the city of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The height of the tower is 174m (571ft), it completed construction in 1988 and is located in Queen Street, in the central business district of Brisbane. However, the tallest building in Queensland is the Gold Coast's Q1 Tower completed in 2005, which is the tallest residential tower in the world.

A taller combined office and residential building, Riparian Plaza was completed in 2005, and then Aurora Tower in 2006.

Located next to Central Plaza One is a smaller version of the tower with a similar design, Central Plaza Two, which has a height of 110m. Central Plaza One has a unique window cleaning mechanism in which a section at the top of the building rotates, allowing for the suspension of outdoor window cleaners.

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