List Of Largest Buildings In The World

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This article is about the largest buildings in the world. For a list of the tallest buildings, see List of tallest buildings and structures in the world.

This following is a List of largest buildings in the world by usable space (volume), mass and area.

Largest usable space

The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania

Boeing Plant in Everett, Washington, United States

At 13.3 million m³ (470 million cu ft), Boeing claims that its Everett Plant is the largest building in the world by volume. This claim is supported by the Guinness Book of Records. Originally, the plant encompassed 5.64 million m³ (200 million cu ft). The building is used to assemble the company's 747, 767, 777 and 787 aircraft.^[1]

Aerium, Brandenburg, Germany

A hangar for a never-constructed, giant airship, built by Cargolifter AG. The hangar has a volume of 5.2 million m³ (184 million cu ft), is 107 m (350 ft) tall, 360 m (1,180 ft) long and 210 m (690 ft) wide. The area is now used for Tropical Islands, an indoor, artificial tropical resort. It is the world's largest hall without pillars.

NASA Vehicle Assembly Building, Florida, United States

Originally used to assemble the Saturn V rocket for the Apollo program, the building encloses 3.66 million m³ (130 million cu ft) of space.

Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania

Has a total of 2.55 million m³ (90 million cu ft), and a floor area of 350,000 m² (3.8 million sq ft). The building ranks second in the world in total office space, by floor space^[2].

Largest area

Great Wall of China holds several world records such as longest, largest in terms of footprint, volume, mass, etc.

Interior view from check-in hall towards departure gates of Hong Kong International Airport.

The Chicago Merchandise Mart

Sears Tower

By footprint

Great Wall of China, with its 6400 kilometers length and average 6.5 m width, its surface area is approximately 41,160,000 m².
Aalsmeer Flower Auction, Aalsmeer, the Netherlands

The chiefly one-story building has 990,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft) of floor space, and is the world's largest building in terms of both footprint and floor area. The Guinness Book of Records records it as the largest commercial building in the world. Around 20 million flowers are sold in the building every day.

By floor area (all stories)

The Venetian, Macau

Opened in 2007, the casino claims to have 10.5 million sq ft (980,000 m²) of floorspace, giving it the largest floor area of any building.^[3]

Kwai Chung Container Terminals, Hong Kong

The container freight station of Asia Container Terminals Ltd. is the largest multistorey industrial building in one discrete structure. It measures 109.5 m (359 ft 3 in) tall and has 15 stories. It has 866,000 m² (9.3 million sq ft) in floor area.

Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

With a floor area of 700,000 m² (7.5 million sq ft), it is claimed to be the world's largest building ever built in a single phase.

The Pentagon, Arlington County, Virginia, United States

Headquarters of the US Department of Defense, it measures 610,000 m² (6.6 million sq ft) by floor area and 2 million m³ (77 million cu ft) by volume.

Hong Kong International Airport, Hong Kong

The terminal building of the airport is the world's largest airport terminal building with an area of 564,000 m² (6.1 million sq ft), and is 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long. The previous record holder was the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, which has an area of 563,000 m² (6 million sq ft). The new Terminal 3 of the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, People's Republic of China will beat the current record in 2007 with a size of 900,000 m² (9.6 million sq ft).

Chrysler Technical Center, Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States

The 5.3 million sq ft facility on a 504 acre (204 ha) site houses engineering, design, manufacturing and corporate offices, as well as a great number of living amenities.

Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Building, Seattle, Washington, United States

A 5,740,200 sq ft facility that houses the University of Washington medical school, nursing school, dental school, as well as many research projects.

Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Claims to be the largest commercial building in the world, but at 390,000 m² (4.2 million sq ft), it is considerably smaller than the Aalsmeer Flower Auction. However, it is likely the largest multi-story commercial building in the world.

Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea

While the building was never completed, it is also one of the world's largest buildings with 360,000 m² (3.9 million sq ft) of gross floor area and is the world's largest, and tallest, unoccupied building.

Sears Tower, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Contains 350,000 m² (3.8 million sq ft) of floor area.

World Trade Center, New York, New York, United States

Each of the former towers contained 350,000 m² of office space.

Cœur Défense, La Défense, Paris, France

Along with the Palace of the Parliament in Romania, this building has the most floor space in Europe, at 350,000 m². The building consists of a number of towers which share a common basement.

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, D.C., United States

The largest building in Washington, D.C. at 288,000 m² (3.1 million sq ft). It is owned by the U.S. General Services Administration, and it is the first and only federal building dedicated to both government and private use.

Tempelhof International Airport, Berlin, Germany

The 1,200 m (3,900 ft) long building, with 284,000 m² (3.05 million sq ft) of floor space, was the world's largest building when constructed (completed in 1941).

Bannister Federal Complex, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

The main building has more than 279,000 m² (3 million sq ft) of floor space. General Services Administration owned space is nearly 130,000 m² (1.4 million sq ft), and the rest is under National Nuclear Security Administration control. The total area of all buildings in the complex is more than 464,000 m² (5 million sq ft).

Largest mass

Palace of the Parliament, Romania

The heaviest conventional building in the world is made of 1 million m³ (35.3 million cu ft) of marble from Transylvania and 700,000 tonnes of steel and bronze. The building also features 3,500 metric tons of crystal glass and 900,000 m³ (31.7 million cu ft) of wood. It measures 270 m by 240 m (885 ft by 787 ft), 86 m (282 ft) high, and extends 92 m (300 ft) below ground.

Great Pyramid of Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

This is the largest pyramid, and largest individual structure by volume of material, with an estimated volume of 3.3 million m³ (116.5 million cu ft).

Great Pyramid of Giza, Giza, Egypt

The pyramid of Khufu is estimated to weigh approximately 6 million tonnes^[4]^[5] with a volume of 2.6 million m³

Special categories

Largest snow castle

The SnowCastle of Kemi is the world's biggest snow castle, built yearly in Kemi, Finland since 1996. The area covered by the snow castle has varied from 13,000 to over 20,000 m² (140,000–215,000 sq ft).

Largest church

Main article: List of largest churches in the world

The world's largest Christian church is Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire. Completed in 1989, it surpassed the previous record holder, St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. The title of largest cathedral (and largest Protestant church) is generally considered Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, United States, although claims are sometimes made for Liverpool Anglican Cathedral in England. The largest Catholic church in the United States is the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C..

Largest wooden structure

The Guinness Book of Records lists the Finger Wharf in Woolloomooloo, Sydney, Australia, as the largest wooden structure in the world. Blimp Hangar 2, at the Tillamook Air Museum, in Tillamook, Oregon, is also thought by some to be the world's largest wooden structure.

Largest wooden temple

The Todaiji temple in Nara, Japan, is called the largest wooden temple in the world, though this is disputed. Other candidates include three temples: Nanyue Temple on Henshan Mountain, China; Xiantong Temple in Shanxi Province, China; and Zhebang Temple in Tibet (the current temple is 30% smaller than its predecessor, which was destroyed in a fire). The Kerimäki Church in Kerimäki, Finland, is the world's largest wooden church.

Largest Buddhist building group

The Wutaishan in Shanxi province has the largest Buddhist building group in the world.

Largest palace

The Forbidden City in Beijing, China is considered as the largest palace in the world, with a claimed 8,886 rooms and 720,000 m² (7.75 million sq ft) of space.

Longest man-made structure

The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure (excluding infrastructure items such as cables, roads and railways) in the world with a length of over 6,352 km (3,948 miles).

Longest single residential building

The Karl-Marx-Hof in Vienna, Austria holds the distinction of being the longest single residential building in the world, at 1,100 m (3,600 ft) long, and spanning four tram stops. The former seaside resort Prora on the island of Rügen, Germany has a length of almost 5 km (3.1 mi); however, it is divided into eight single buildings standing in a row.

Largest hemispherical building

The Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, is the largest hemispherical building, with a total volume of 600,000 m³ (21 million cu ft).

Largest slaughterhouse

The largest slaughterhouse in the world is the Smithfield Packing Company in Tar Heel, North Carolina, United States.

Longest building

The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC of Stanford University) in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, USA, is the world's longest building at over 2 miles.

List of world's largest domes

Main article: List of world's largest domes

A dome is not a building but a part of a building. Buildings with domes make up a large amount of the world's largest buildings.

List of the world's largest shopping malls

This is a list of the world's largest shopping malls, based on gross leasable area (GLA) rather than total area (from the site: [1])

	Mall	Location	GLA (millions ft²)	GLA (m²)	Total Area (millions ft²)	Total Area (m²)
1	South China Mall	Dongguan, China	7.1	660,000	9.6	892,000
2	Jin Yuan, (Golden Resources Mall)	Beijing, China	6.0	560,000	7.3	680,000
3	West Edmonton Mall	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	3.8	350,000	5.3	570,000
4	Cevahir Mall	Istanbul, Turkey	3.8	348,000	4.5	420,000
5	Berjaya Times Square	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3.4	320,000	7.5	700,000
6	Beijing Mall	Beijing, China	3.4	320,000	4.7	440,000
7	Zhengjia Plaza (Grandview Mall)	Guangzhou, China	3.0	280,000	4.5	420,000
8	Dream Mall	Kaohsiung, Taiwan			4.2
9	King of Prussia Mall	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	2.8	260,000
10	South Coast Plaza	Costa Mesa, California, USA	2.7	250,000
11	Central World Plaza	Bangkok, Thailand	2.6	244,000
12	Aricanduva Mall	Sao Paulo, Brazil	2.6	242,000	3.7	342,000
13	Chia Tai Square	Shanghai, China	2.6	240,000
14	Dongfang Xin Tiandi (Oriental Plaza)	Foshan, Guangdong, China	2.5	230,000	8.6	800,000
15	Mall of America	Bloomington, Minnesota, USA	2.5	230,000	4.2	390,000
16	Sawgrass Mills	Sunrise, Florida, USA	2.5	230,000	4.2	390,000
17	Siam Paragon	Bangkok, Thailand	2.5	230,000	4.1	377,000
18	Panda Mall	Chengdu, Sichuan, China	2.5	230,000	3.9	360,000
19	Del Amo Fashion Center	Los Angeles, California, USA	2.5	230,000	4.0
20	Mall of the Emirates	Dubai, UAE	2.4	225,000	6.5	600,000

SM Supermalls

SM Prime Holdings is a major developer of shopping malls in the Philippines. It recently made expansions in Xiamen and Chuan in China and in Hagatna, Guam.

SM Mall of Asia, inaugurated May 21, 2006 has a land area of 195,000 m² and a gross floor area of 386,224 m². Two annex buildings had been constructed and will be inaugurated on November, 2007. It is located at the SM Central Business Park, Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
SM Megamall, inaugurated June, 1991 has a land area of 105,000 m² and a gross floor area of 331,679 m². An two annex buildings are currently being constructed. It is located at the Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
SM City North EDSA, inaugurated November, 1985 has a land area of 161,000 m² and a gross floor area of 351,861 m². Two annex buildings and two elevated dining strips are being constructed and will be completed on November 2008. It is located in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Future malls for redevelopment include SM City Pampanga with a land area of 316,000 m², SM City Fairview with a land area of 200,000 m² and SM City Marilao with a land area of 203,000 m².

Under construction

Mall	Location	Total Area (millions ft²)	Total Area (m²)
Dubai Mall	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	12.1	1,100,000
Mall of Arabia	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	10	900,000
Aeromall	Caracas, Venezuela	6.7

Sources

References

1. ^ Boeing Everett Factory Tours. Boeing.
2. ^ Palace of the Parliament. Parliament of Romania.
3. ^ "China opens world's largest casino", CNN, 2007-08-28. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
4. ^ [2]
5. ^ [3]

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