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 in the world.

This list of largest buildings in the world ranks buildings from around the world by usable space (volume) and floor space (area). The term "building" used by this list refers to single structures that are suitable for continuous human occupancy. There are a few exceptions which include factories and warehouses.

Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington, United States is presently the largest building in the world by volume,[citation needed] while the Abraj Al-Bait Towers is the largest building in terms of total floor area.[citation needed] The surface area of the proposed Crystal Island complex in Moscow is more than double that of the largest current building, though this project has been delayed by the global economic crisis.[1]

Upon its opening, the Abraj Al Bait Towers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, will take the record for the largest inhabited building in the world. It has the largest floor area of any structure in the world with 1,500,000 square metres (16,137,600 sq ft) of floorspace. They are also among the tallest buildings in the world at over 600 metres (2,000 ft).

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[edit] Largest usable space

Boeing's Everett factory seen in 2011
Aerium, Germany

This list ranks the buildings throughout the world with the largest usable space.

Name Location Floor Area Volume Description Source
1 Boeing Everett Factory United States Everett, Washington 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) 13.3 million m³ (472 million cu ft) Boeing's assembly site for a selection of the company's largest aircraft, originally built for construction of the 747. [2]
2 Target Import Warehouse United States Lacey, Washington 185,800 m² (2,000,000 sq ft) 7.43 million m³ (262.4 million cu ft) Built to distribute imported product to internal Target distribution centers.
3 Jean-Luc Lagardère Plant France Toulouse-Blagnac 122,500 m² (1,320,000 sq ft) 5.6 million m³ (199 million cu ft) The assembly hall of the Airbus A380, the world's largest Airliner. [3]
4 Aerium Germany Halbe, Brandenburg 70,000 m² (753,000 sq ft) 5.2 million m³ (184 million cu ft) A hangar originally intended to house the construction of a giant airship, this building now houses an indoor, artificial tropical resort, called Tropical Islands. [4]
5 Meyer Werft Dockhalle 2 Germany Papenburg, Lower Saxony 63,000 m² (678,000 sq ft) 4.72 million m³ (167 million cu ft) Dry dock for construction of cruise ships. [5]
6 NASA Vehicle Assembly Building United States Brevard County, Florida 32,374 m² (348,000 sq ft) 3.66 million m³ (130 million cu ft) Originally built to enable simultaneous assembly and shelter for four Saturn V rockets. [6]

[edit] Largest floor space

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Concourse 2 part of Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport
Berjaya Times Square
The Pentagon
The Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan.
CentralWorld
Ōsaka Station City
The Venetian Macao

This list ranks the top 35 buildings throughout the world with the largest amount of floor area. The Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower, topped out in 2011, is the building with the largest floor area (1.500 million m²). Upon its opening in October 2008, Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport at 1.185 million m² (12.76 million sq ft) of floor space surpassed the former leader, the Aalsmeer Flower Auction (990,000 m², or 10.6 million sq ft). Terminal 3 has a capacity of 43 million passengers, which by itself would be enough to place Dubai among the 20 busiest airports in the world by passenger traffic. For its part, the Aalsmeer Auction sees about 19 million flowers sold every day.[7]

Name Location Floor Area Volume Source
1 Abraj Al Bait Towers Saudi Arabia Mecca 1,500,000 m² (16.15 million sq ft) [8]
2 Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 United Arab Emirates Dubai 1,185,000 m² (12.76 million sq ft) [9]
3 CentralWorld Thailand Bangkok 1,024,000 m² (11.0 million sq ft)
4 Aalsmeer Flower Auction Netherlands Aalsmeer 990,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft) [10]
5 Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 China Beijing 986,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft) [11]
6 The Venetian Macao Macau Macau 980,000 m² (10.5 million sq ft) [12]
7 Berjaya Times Square Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 700,000 m² (7.5 million sq ft) [13]
8 Central Park Jakarta Complex Indonesia Jakarta 655,000 m² (7.0 million sq ft) [14]
9 The Palazzo United States Las Vegas 645,581 m² (6.9 million sq ft) [15]
10 Grand Indonesia Indonesia Jakarta 640,000 m² (6.9 million sq ft) [16]
11 The Pentagon United States Arlington County, Virginia 610,000 m² (6.6 million sq ft) [17]
12 K-25 (currently under demolition)[18] United States Tennessee 609,000 m² (6.6 million sq ft)
13 Air Force Plant 4 United States Texas 603 870 m² (6.5 million sq ft) [19]
14 Marina Bay Sands Singapore Singapore 581,400 m² (6,258,000 sq ft) [20]
15 Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower Vietnam Vietnam 579,000 m² (6.4 million sq ft)
16 Hong Kong International Airport Terminal 1 Hong Kong Hong Kong 570,000 m² (6.3 million sq ft) [21]
17 Suvarnabhumi Airport Thailand Bangkok 563,000 m² (6.06 million sq ft) [22]
18 ATL Logistics Centre, Centre B Hong Kong Hong Kong 550,000 m² (6.0 million sq ft) [23]
19 Mexico City International Airport Terminal 1 Mexico Mexico City 548,000 m2 (5,900,000 sq ft) [citation needed]
20 Barcelona Airport Terminal 1 Spain Barcelona 544,066 m2 (5,856,280 sq ft) [24]
22 Osaka Station City[citation needed] Japan Umeda, Osaka 530,000 m² (5.705 million sq ft) open in May 4, 2011[citation needed]
23 Renaissance Center (Five towers rise from a common base, plus two joined by attached concourse.) United States Detroit 515,800 m² (5.55 million sq ft) 1,850,000 m³ (65.3 million cu ft) [25][26]
24 Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3 India Delhi 502,000 m² (5.4 million sq ft) [27]
25 Incheon International Airport South Korea Seoul 496,000 m2 (5,340,000 sq ft) [28]
26 Chrysler Technical Center United States Auburn Hills 492,000 m² (5.3 million sq ft) [29]
27 Barajas Airport Terminal 4 main building Spain Madrid 470,000 m2 (5,100,000 sq ft) [citation needed]
28 Burj Khalifa United Arab Emirates Dubai 464,511 m2 (4,999,950 sq ft) [30]
29 Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 Canada Toronto 464,000 m2 (4,990,000 sq ft)
30 Persian Gulf Complex

(Persian: مجتمع خلیج فارس‎, mojtama'e Khalij-e Fars)

 Iran Shiraz 450,000 m² (4.8 million sq ft) [31]
31 Embarcadero Center (Six interconnected towers) United States San Francisco 445,900 m² (4.8 million sq ft) [32]
32 Narita International Airport Terminal 1 Japan Narita 449,600 m2 (4,839,000 sq ft) [33]
33 Willis Tower United States Chicago 418,000 m² (4.5 million sq ft) 1,510,000 m³ (53.4 million cu ft) [34]
34 Nagoya Station Japan Nagoya 416,565 m2 (4,483,870 sq ft) [citation needed]
35 USAA United States San Antonio 414,642 m² (4,463,180 sq ft) [35]
36 Taipei 101 Republic of China Taipei 412,500 m2 (4,440,000 sq ft)
37 Boeing Plant United States Everett 398,000 m2 (4,280,000 sq ft) 13.3 million m³ (472 million cu ft) [2]
38 Yokohama Landmark Tower Japan Yokohama 392,885 m2 (4,228,980 sq ft) [citation needed]
39 Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 Singapore Singapore 380,000 m2 (4,100,000 sq ft) [36]
40 Mori Tower Japan Tokyo 379,408 m2 (4,083,910 sq ft) [citation needed]
41 Shanghai World Financial Center China Shanghai 377,300 m2 (4,061,000 sq ft) [citation needed]
42 Merchandise Mart United States Chicago 372,000 m2 (4,000,000 sq ft) [37]

[edit] Special categories

Ericsson Globe

This list of special categories includes a variety of buildings which are the largest of their type.

Largest buildings
Type of building Name Location Floor Area Volume
Religious site Angkor Wat[38] Cambodia Angkor 1,000,000 m2 (11,000,000 sq ft)
Industrial Building Boeing Everett Factory United States Everett, Washington 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) 13.3 million m3 (472 million cubic ft)
Parliament Palace of the Parliament Romania Bucharest 330,000 m² (3.55 million sq ft) 2.55 million m³ (90 million cu ft)
Bus Terminal Millennium Park Bus Depot India Delhi 305,265 m² (3.6 million sq ft)
Courthouse Brussels Palace of Justice Belgium Brussels 260,000 m² (2.8 million sq ft)
Presidential Residence Istana Nurul Iman Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 200,000 m² (2,152,782 sq ft)
Shipbuilding hall IHC Krimpen Shipyard[39] Netherlands Krimpen aan den IJssel 25,000 m² (275,000 sq ft) 1.3 million m³ (46 million cu ft)
Hemispherical building Ericsson Globe[40] Sweden Stockholm 600,000 m³ (21 million cu ft)
Wooden building Great Buddha Hall, Tōdai-ji[41] Japan Nara 2,850 m² (30,660 sq feet)

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

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  3. ^ Agglomeration community of Greater Toulouse. "Inauguration du site AéroConstellation" (PDF). http://www.grandtoulouse.org/admin/upload/document/422-dossier_de_presse_2.pdf. Retrieved 2008-04-15. [dead link]
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  5. ^ Emslandkurier am Sonntag für Papenburg, December 2, 2007, Page 1
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  7. ^ "Aalsmeer Information". Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080102024143/http://www.aalsmeer.nl/00004.asp. Retrieved 2008-01-24. 
  8. ^ "Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower". http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=34622. 
  9. ^ "Dubai Airports Fact Sheet". http://www.dubaiairport.com/DubaiAirports/English/Media+Center/Fact+Sheets/T3+Sept+Final.htm. 
  10. ^ "Aalsmeer Information". Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. http://web.archive.org/web/20080102024143/http://www.aalsmeer.nl/00004.asp. Retrieved 2008-01-24. 
  11. ^ Spencer, Richard (2007-09-13). "Beijing Capital International Airport at Telegraph". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/13/wchina113.xml. Retrieved 2010-05-08. 
  12. ^ "HKIE exhibition overview". http://www.hkengineer.org.hk/program/home/pink.php?dept=bserv. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  13. ^ |Berjaya Times Square |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berjaya_Times_Square
  14. ^ |Central Park (Jakarta) |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Park_(Jakarta)
  15. ^ "Palazzo Opens in Las Vegas". http://dfsworldwidellc.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/palazzo-opens-in-las-vegas/. 
  16. ^ |Grand Indonesia |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Indonesia
  17. ^ "Pentagon facts and figures". http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil/facts-area.cfm. Retrieved 2008-01-21. [dead link]
  18. ^ http://www.oakridger.com/breaking/x1090825658/K-25-West-Wing-demolished
  19. ^ "GlobalSecurity.org". http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/afp-4.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  20. ^ "Safdie Architects - Marina Bay Sands in Singapore". http://www.archinnovations.com/featured-projects/hospitality/safdie-architects-marina-bay-sands-in-singapore/. Retrieved 2010-07-05. 
  21. ^ "Hong Kong International Airport fact sheet". http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/business/about-the-airport/facts-figures/facts-sheets.html. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
  22. ^ "Suvarnabhumi Airport fact sheet". http://www.business-in-asia.com/airports_thailand.html. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
  23. ^ "Asia Terminals Ltd Logistics Centre". http://www.nwd.com.hk/lease-hk/asia.asp. Retrieved 2008-01-30. 
  24. ^ AENA. "Aena.es". Retrieved on June 19, 2010.
  25. ^ GM Renaissance Center - Project Facts. Skidmore Ownings & Merrill. Retrieved on August 21, 2009.
  26. ^ "GM Renaissance Center". Hines. http://www.hines.com/property/detail.aspx?id=1802. Retrieved 2008-08-16. 
  27. ^ "IGIA Master Plan". http://www.newdelhiairport.in/master-plan.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-16. 
  28. ^ "Airport Technology.com: Incheon International Airport". http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/incheon/. Retrieved 2010-08-05. 
  29. ^ Priddle, Alisa (May 12, 2009).Chrysler's tech center called a 'good asset'. The Detroit News. Retrieved on June 28, 2009.
  30. ^ "CTBUH Tall Buildings Database: Burj Khalifa". CTBUH. http://buildingdb.ctbuh.org/?do=building&building_id=3. Retrieved 2010-02-11. 
  31. ^ "Persian Gulf Complex (Mojtama'e Khalij Fars)". http://setareh.co.ir/default.aspx?language=en-US. Retrieved 2011-06-23. 
  32. ^ "Embarcadero Center". Emporis.com. http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/cx/?id=embarcaderocenter-sanfrancisco. Retrieved 2007-09-24. 
  33. ^ "Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Civil Aviation Bureau". http://www.mlit.go.jp/koku/15_hf_000032.html. Retrieved 2009-08-03. 
  34. ^ "Sears tower at skyscraper page". http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5/. Retrieved 2008-01-21. 
  35. ^ "ENERGY STAR Labeled Building Profile". http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=labeled_buildings.showProfile&profile_id=1003768. 
  36. ^ "Facts in Changi Airport". http://www.changiairport.com/our-business/about-changi-airport/facts-statistics. Retrieved 2010-07-05. 
  37. ^ "Marchitecture". Archived from the original on 2007-10-22. http://web.archive.org/web/20071022095325/http://www.merchandisemart.com/marchitecture/. Retrieved 2008-01-21. 
  38. ^ "Angkor Wat in Cambodia - World's Largest Religious Building". http://www.phenomenalplace.com/2010/05/angkor-wat-in-cambodia-worlds-largest.html. Retrieved 2011-05-29. 
  39. ^ "IHC Merwede doopt Superior Achiever". http://www.maritiemnederland.nl/ihc-merwede-doopt-superior-achiever.34173.lynkx. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
  40. ^ "Stockholm Globe Arena information". http://www.globearenas.se/browse.asp?menu=1&sid=166. Retrieved 2008-01-27. 
  41. ^ JNTO Website | Find a Location | Nara | Nara-koen Park (Todai-ji Temple), Japan National Tourist Organization, retrieved on February 5, 2009
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