This is a list of the tallest buildings in Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

, Wisconsin

Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...

. The Wisconsin State Capitol

Wisconsin State Capitol

The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor. Completed during 1917, the building is the fifth to serve as the Wisconsin capitol since the first territorial legislature...

 is the tallest building in Madison. The next tallest building is Van Hise Hall on the UW campus, and the tallest building in Madison's central business district is the State Office Building

State Office Building (Madison, Wisconsin)

The State Office Building is a 13-story, high-rise building located in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. The building was built in three separate stages between 1931 and 1959, with the main section being completed in 1939. It is built in an art deco style, and it is the tallest "regular" building in...

. In the mid- to late 2000s there was a building boom, as more high-rise buildings were constructed, however there is a height restriction on the isthmus, to protect views of the Wisconsin State Capitol. The law restricts buildings to be no taller than the base of the pillars surrounding the dome (about 187 feet).

The history of skyscrapers in Madison begins with the Churchill Building

Churchill Building

The Churchill Building, also known as the Gay Building, is a nine-story, high-rise building in Madison, Wisconsin. Completed in 1915, and located at 16 North Carroll Street, it was Madison's first skyscraper. The building, like many others built in Madison during the early 1900s, was built in the...

, completed in 1915. The current State Capitol was completed in 1917, and was the third built in Madison, replacing the previous one which was destroyed in a fire on February 27, 1904. Due to Madison's height restriction, buildings rarely reach over 160 feet, but that hasn't stopped Madison from having a low, but still impressive skyline for a city of its size. The tallest building ever proposed was the Archipelago Village Tower, a 27-story, 570 feet (173.7 m) office and condominium tower, however it is unlikely to ever be constructed, as per Madison's height restriction.

This list includes all known high-rise buildings (over 35 meters).

Tallest buildings

Rank	Name	Height ft / m	Floors	Year	Note
1	Wisconsin State Capitol Wisconsin State Capitol The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor. Completed during 1917, the building is the fifth to serve as the Wisconsin capitol since the first territorial legislature...	284 / 86	5	1917	Tallest building in Madison, and tallest building in the state outside of Milwaukee
2	Van Hise Hall	243 / 74	19	1967	Second tallest building in Madison. Tallest building on the University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Wisconsin–Madison The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...  Campus. One of the 50 tallest education buildings in the world, however it is slated to be demolished in 2025 per the University's master plan
3	UW Atmospheric Oceanic & Space Sciences Building	180 / 55	15	1966	The height and floor numbers of the building does not reflect several GOES Goes Goes is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands in Zuid-Beveland, in the province Zeeland. The city of Goes has approximately 27,000 residents.-History of Goes:...  satellite dishes, weather stations, power/communication units and workstations, or a POES satellite receiver that are located on the top of the building.
4	State Office Building State Office Building (Madison, Wisconsin) The State Office Building is a 13-story, high-rise building located in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. The building was built in three separate stages between 1931 and 1959, with the main section being completed in 1939. It is built in an art deco style, and it is the tallest "regular" building in...	177 / 54	13	1939	Tallest regular building on the Madison isthmus
5	University Square Office Building	164 / 50	12	2008
6	Nolen Shore	149 / 45	12	2006	Named for John Nolen John Nolen John Nolen was an American landscape architect. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, John Nolen was orphaned as a child and placed in the Girard School for Orphaned Boys by the Children's Aid Society... , Madison's landscape architect in the early 20th century
7	The Loraine Hotel Loraine Hotel Loraine, also simply known as The Loraine,, is a ten story high rise building located in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. Like the Churchill Building and the Belmont Hotel it was built in the Beaux-arts style...	143 / 43	10	1925	Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002
8	Belmont Hotel Belmont Hotel (Madison, Wisconsin) The Belmont Hotel is an eleven story residential hi-rise building located in Madison, Wisconsin. The building was built in 1924 in a beaux-arts style. It was a hotel until 1968, and featured an old English dining room. The height of the building instigated Madison's current height restriction, to...	140 / 42	11	1924	The building's height instigated Madison's current height restriction.
9	Metropolitan Place 2	135 / 41	13	2007
10	Hovde Building	134 / 41	10	1928
11	Churchill Building Churchill Building The Churchill Building, also known as the Gay Building, is a nine-story, high-rise building in Madison, Wisconsin. Completed in 1915, and located at 16 North Carroll Street, it was Madison's first skyscraper. The building, like many others built in Madison during the early 1900s, was built in the...	134 / 41	9	1915	Madison's first skyscraper. Tallest building in Wisconsin outside of Milwaukee at the time it was built, not including the State Capitol. Also known as the Gay Building.
12	301 West Washington	133 / 41	11	2008
13	Hyatt Place Madison Downtown	126 / 38	11	2010
14	Tenney Plaza (aka The Tenney Building)	125 / 38	10	1929	10-story art deco building designed by Law, Law & Potter was Madison's first steel building.
15	Edgewater Hotel	119 / 36	10	1945