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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 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 Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport 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 indefinitely by the global economic crisis.[1] The under construction Abraj Al Bait Towers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, are set to take the record for the largest building in the world upon completion. It will also have the largest floor area of any structure in the world with 1,500,000 square metres (16,137,600 sq ft) of floorspace. They will also be among the tallest buildings in the world at over 500 meters.

Largest usable space

Boeing's Everett factory
Aerium, Germany
Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Palace is the world's largest civilian administrative building, most expensive administrative building, and heaviest building

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

Name Location Floor Area Volume Description Source
1 Boeing Plant United States Everett, Washington 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) 13.3 million m³ (472 million cu ft) Boeings' assembly site for a selection of the company's largest aircraft, originally built for construction of the 747. [2]
2 Jean-Luc Lagardère Plant France Blagnac, Toulouse 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 passenger airplane. [3]
3 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. [4]
4 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. [5]

Largest floor space

Concourse 2 part of Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport
Berjaya Times Square
The Pentagon

This list ranks the top 35 buildings throughout the world with the largest amount of floor area. Upon its opening in October 2008, Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport at 1.5 million m² (16.1 million sq ft, or 370 acres) 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.[6]

Name Location Floor Area Source
1 Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 United Arab Emirates Dubai 1,500,000 m² (16.1 million sq ft) [7]
2 (CentralWorld -- presently unusable following a fire set during anti-government protests and riots) Thailand Bangkok 1,024,000 m² (11.0 million sq ft)
3 Aalsmeer Flower Auction Netherlands Aalsmeer 990,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft) [8]
4 Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 China Beijing 986,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft) [9]
5 The Venetian Macao Macau Macau 980,000 m² (10.5 million sq ft) [10]
6 The Palazzo United States Las Vegas 645,581 m² (6.9 million sq ft) [11]
7 The Pentagon United States Virginia 610,000 m² (6.6 million sq ft) [12]
8 K-25 United States Tennessee 609,000 m² (6.6 million sq ft)
9 Air Force Plant 4 United States Texas 603 870 m² (6.5 million sq ft) [13]
10 Marina Bay Sands Singapore Singapore 581,400 m² (6,258,000 sq ft) [14]
11 Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3 India New Delhi 570,000 m² (6.3 million sq ft) [15]
11 Hong Kong International Airport Terminal 1 Hong Kong Hong Kong 570,000 m² (6.3 million sq ft) [16]
13 Suvarnabhumi Airport Thailand Bangkok 563,000 m² (6.06 million sq ft) [17]
14 ATL Logistics Centre, Centre B Hong Kong Hong Kong 550,000 m² (6.0 million sq ft) [18]
15 Mexico City International Airport Terminal 1 Mexico Mexico City 548,000 m² [citation needed]
16 Barcelona Airport Terminal 1 Spain Barcelona 544,066 m² [19]
17 Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Building United States Seattle 533,000 m² (5.7 million sq ft) [20]
18 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) [21][22]
19 Dubai International Airport Terminal 1 United Arab Emirates Dubai 515,000 m² (5,543,600 sq ft) [citation needed]
20 Incheon International Airport South Korea Seoul 496,000 m² [23]
21 Chrysler Technical Center United States Auburn Hills 492,000 m² (5.3 million sq ft) [24]
22 Barajas Airport Terminal 4 main building Spain Madrid 470,000 m² [citation needed]
23 Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 Canada Toronto 464,000 m²
24 Embarcadero Center (Six interconnected towers) United States San Francisco 445,900 m² (4.8 million sq ft) [25]
25 Narita International Airport Terminal 1 Japan Narita 449,600 m² [26]
26 Willis Tower United States Chicago 418,000 m² (4.5 million sq ft) [27]
27 Nagoya Station Japan Nagoya 416,565 m² [citation needed]
28 USAA McDermott Building United States San Antonio 414,642 m² (4,463,180 sq ft) [28]
29 Taipei 101 Taiwan Taipei 412,500 m2 (4,440,100 sq ft)
30 Boeing Plant United States Everett 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) [2]
31 Yokohama Landmark Tower Japan Yokohama 392,885 m² [citation needed]
32 Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 Singapore Singapore 380,000 m² [29]
33 Mori Tower Japan Minato 379,408 m² [citation needed]
34 Shanghai World Financial Center China Shanghai 377,300 m² (4.1 million sq ft) [citation needed]
35 Merchandise Mart United States Chicago 372,000 m² (4 million sq ft) [30]

† Cœur Défense consists of several buildings which all share a common basement.[citation needed]

ThyssenKrupp AG's Mobile, Alabama steel mill facility upon completion in late 2009 will be 7.7 million sqft.[citation needed]

  • The McDermott Building in San Antonio, TX has 4,220,000 sq ft (392,000 m2). [citation needed]

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[citation needed] Cambodia Angkor 1,000,000 m²
Presidential Residence Istana Nurul Iman Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan 200,000 m² (2,152,782 sq ft)
Parliament Palace of the Parliament Romania Bucharest 330,000 m² (3.55 million sq ft) 2.55 million m³ (90 million cu ft)
Courthouse Brussels Palace of Justice Belgium Brussels 260,000 m² (2.8 million sq ft)
Bus Terminal Tel Aviv Central Bus Station Israel Tel Aviv 230,000 m² (2.2 million sq ft)
Shipbuilding hall IHC Krimpen Shipyard[31] Netherlands Krimpen aan den IJssel 25,000 m² (275,000 sq ft) 1.3 million m³ (46 million cu ft)
Hemispherical building Ericsson Globe[32] Sweden Stockholm 600,000 m³ (21 million cu ft)
Wooden building Great Buddha Hall, Tōdai-ji[33] Japan Nara 2,850 m² (30,660 sq feet)

List of the world's largest shopping malls

This is a list of the world's 17 largest shopping malls based on their gross leasable area.[34]

Rank by GLA Rank by Total Area Mall Location Gross Leasable Area (GLA) Total Area Remarks
1 3 New South China Mall[35] China Dongguan 600,000 m2 (6.46 million sq ft) 890,000 m2 (9.58 million sq ft) 99.2 percent unoccupied,no retailers available to take shops[36]
2 6 SM City North EDSA Philippines Quezon City 460,000 m² (4.74 million sq ft) 621,000 m² (6.68 million sq ft) It includes City Center/Main Building, The Annex, The Block, Carpark Building, Warehouse Building and the SkyGarden. It also includes an IMAX Theatre. Currently the largest mall in Southeast Asia.
3 4 The Meadowlands United States New Jersey 418,000 m² (4.8 million sq ft) 594,000 m² (5.9 million sq ft) Opening in June 2011.
4 10 Central World[37] Thailand Bangkok 429,500 m² (4.62 million sq ft) 550,000 m² (5.92 million sq ft) Area of the full complex is 1,024,000 m² including two skyscrapers. Partially destroyed by fires caused by "red-shirt" protesters on May 19th, 2010.
5 7 SM Mall of Asia Philippines Pasay City 410,000 m² (4.67 million sq ft) [citation needed] 605,000 m² (6.51 million sq ft) Includes the Main Building, Entertainment Building, North and South Parking Buildings and the SMX Convention Center. It also includes the San Miguel Coca-Cola IMAX Theatre.
6 Dream Mall Taiwan Kaohsiung City 400,000 m² (4.5 million sq ft)
7 16 Mall Taman Anggrek Indonesia Jakarta 360,000 m² (3.6 million sq ft) 360,000 m² (3.6 million sq ft)
8 9 West Edmonton Mall Canada Edmonton 350,000 m² (3.8 million sq ft) 570,000 m² (6.0 million sq ft) The largest mall in North America
9 1 The Dubai Mall[38][39][40] United Arab Emirates Dubai 350,000 m² (3.77 million sq ft) 1,124,000 m² (12.1 million sq ft) The largest mall in the world by area
10 14 SM Megamall Philippines Mandaluyong City 348,000 m² (3.75 million sq ft) 420,000 m² (4.52 million sq ft) Includes the North and South Wing Buildings connected via Bridgeway and the Atrium.
11 4 Berjaya Times Square[41] Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 320,000 m² (3.44 million sq ft) 700,000 m² (7.53 million sq ft) It is a mega-scale multi purpose complex consisting of shopping outlets, a cinema, an indoor theme park, a hotel, residences, offices, etc. It is located in Golden Triangle, a tourist area.
12 12 Golden Resources Mall China Beijing 320,000 m² (3.44 million sq ft) 440,000 m² (4.74 million sq ft)
13 11 Siam Paragon[42] Thailand Bangkok 300,000 m² (3.23 million sq ft) 500,000 m² (5.38 million sq ft)
14 High Street Phoenix[43] India Mumbai 307,000 m² (3.30 million sq ft)
15 2 Westfield Stratford City United Kingdom London 269,000 m² (2,900,000 sq ft) 1,021,933 m² (11,000,000 sq ft) Due to open 2011
16 13 SM City Cebu Philippines Mabolo, Cebu City 268,611 m² (2,891,305 sq ft) 430,573 m² (4.63 million sq ft) Consists of Northwing and Southwing. Largest mall in Central Philippines
17 King of Prussia Mall[44] United States King of Prussia 259,000 m² (2.79 million sq ft) Consists of two separate buildings
18 15 Mall of America United States Bloomington 257,200 m² (2.77 million sq ft) 390,000 m² (4.2 million sq ft)
19 5 Grand Indonesia Indonesia Jakarta 250,000 m² (2.7 million sq ft) 640,000 m² (6.9 million sq ft)
20 17 Nordstan Sweden Gothenburg 70,000 m² 320,000 m² (3.44 million sq ft)

Notes

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  3. ^ Agglomeration community of Greater Toulouse. "Inauguration du site AéroConstellation" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-04-15.
  4. ^ "Germany's Pleasure Dome". Retrieved 2008-01-25.
  5. ^ "Vehicle Assembly Building". Retrieved 2008-01-21.
  6. ^ "Aalsmeer Information". Retrieved 2008-01-24.
  7. ^ "New Terminal 3 to evoke 'tranquillity'". The National Newspaper.
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  20. ^ New Structures. "New Structures". Retrieved on December 28, 2009.
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  22. ^ "GM Renaissance Center". Hines. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
  23. ^ "Airport Technology.com: Incheon International Airport". Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  24. ^ Priddle, Alisa (May 12, 2009).Chrysler's tech center called a 'good asset'. The Detroit News. Retrieved on June 28, 2009.
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  31. ^ "IHC Merwede doopt Superior Achiever". Retrieved 2010-01-10.
  32. ^ "Stockholm Globe Arena information". Retrieved 2008-01-27.
  33. ^ JNTO Website | Find a Location | Nara | Nara-koen Park (Todai-ji Temple), Japan National Tourist Organization, retrieved on February 5, 2009
  34. ^ "Forbes list of large shopping malls".
  35. ^ "South China Mall Information".
  36. ^ Donohue, Michael (2008-06-12). "Mall of misfortune". The National. Abu Dhabi Media Company. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  37. ^ "CentralWorld". Retrieved 2009-02-09.
  38. ^ "Dubai Mall". Retrieved 2008-01-14.
  39. ^ "Zawya - The Dubai Mall". Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  40. ^ "Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum formally opens the Dubai Mall". Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  41. ^ "Berjaya Times Square info page". Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  42. ^ "Siam Paragon". Retrieved 2008-03-07.
  43. ^ http://www.highstreetphoenix.com/abouthsp.asp
  44. ^ "International Council of Shopping Centers: King of Prussia Mall". Retrieved 2008-02-14.
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