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Below lists the most expensive buildings in the world, which cost the most money to construct.
Rank
|
Building
|
City
|
Country
|
Architect/designer
|
Current owner(s)
|
Completed
|
Nominal Cost ($USbillion)
|
Inflation-Adjusted Cost, 2015 ($USbillion)
|
1
|
Abraj Al Bait (Mixed)
|
Mecca
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Dar Al-Handasah
|
King Abdulaziz
|
2012
|
15.00[1]
|
15.49
|
2
|
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
|
Berlin
|
Germany
|
Gerkan, Marg & Partners[2]
|
Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH
|
2020
|
10.70[3]
|
10.70
|
3
|
Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3
|
Eurajoki
|
Finland
|
Areva NP and Siemens AG
|
Teollisuuden Voima
|
2018
|
9.06[4]
|
9.22
|
4
|
Marina Bay Sands
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Moshe Safdie
|
Las Vegas Sands
|
2010
|
5.50[5]
|
5.98
|
5
|
Apple Park
|
Cupertino, California
|
United States
|
Foster and Partners[6]
|
Apple Inc.
|
2017
|
5.00[7]
|
5
|
6
|
Resorts World Sentosa
|
Singapore
|
Singapore
|
Michael Graves
|
Genting Group
|
2010
|
4.93[8]
|
7.16
|
7
|
Burj Khalifa
|
Dubai
|
United Arab Emirates
|
Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill
|
Emaar Properties
|
2010
|
4.1[9]
|
4.67
|
8
|
The Cosmopolitan
|
Las Vegas
|
United States
|
Friedmutter Group with Arquitectonica
|
The Blackstone Group
|
2010
|
3.90[10]
|
4.46
|
9
|
One World Trade Center
|
New York City
|
United States
|
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
|
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
|
2012
|
3.80[11]
|
3.92
|
10
|
Emirates Palace
|
Abu Dhabi
|
United Arab Emirates
|
John Elliott
|
Abu Dhabi Government
|
2005
|
3.00
|
3.64
|
11
|
Palace of the Parliament
|
Bucharest
|
Romania
|
Anca Petrescu
|
Romanian Government
|
1997
|
3.00
|
4.43
|
11
|
Wynn Resort
|
Las Vegas
|
United States
|
Butler/Ashworth Architects and Jerde Partnership
|
Wynn Resorts
|
2005
|
2.70
|
3.28
|
12
|
Venetian Macau
|
Macau
|
Macau
|
Aedas
|
Las Vegas Sands
|
2005
|
2.40[12]
|
2.91
|
13
|
City of Dreams
|
Macau
|
Macau
|
Arquitectonica
|
Melco Crown Entertainment
|
2009
|
2.40
|
2.65
|
14
|
Royal Adelaide Hospital
|
Adelaide
|
Australia
|
Perkins & Will
|
Government of South Australia
|
2017
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
15
|
Taipei 101
|
Taipei
|
Taiwan
|
C.Y. Lee & Partners
|
Taipei Financial Center Corporation
|
2004
|
1.80
|
2.26
|
16
|
The Palazzo
|
Las Vegas
|
United States
|
HKS, Inc.
|
Las Vegas Sands
|
2007
|
1.80
|
2.06
|
17
|
Lakhta Center
|
Saint Petersburg
|
Russia
|
RMJM (until 2011), Gorproject
|
Gazprom Neft
|
2018
|
1.77[2]
|
1.77
|
18
|
Nya Karolinska Hospital
|
Stockholm
|
Sweden
|
|
|
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
19
|
Bellagio
|
Las Vegas
|
United States
|
DeRuyter Butler and Atlandia Design
|
Bellagio(MGM Resorts International is the owner of the company)
|
1998
|
1.60
|
2.33
|
20
|
Seat of the ECB
|
Frankfurt
|
Germany
|
Coop Himmelb(l)au
|
European Central Bank
|
2013
|
1.57[13]
|
1.6222
|
21
|
Wembley Stadium
|
London
|
UK
|
Foster and Partners
|
The Football Association
|
2006
|
1.50
|
1.76
|
22
|
Yankee Stadium
|
New York City
|
United States
|
Populous
|
New York City
|
2009
|
1.50
|
1.66
|
23
|
Termoelektrarna
Šoštanj blok 6
|
Šoštanj
|
Slovenia
|
n.a.
|
Sloveinan Government
|
2014
|
1.6
|
1.6
|
25
|
Gigafactory 1
|
Storey County, Nevada
|
United States
|
HOK, Bennett Wagner & Grody Architects, RMH Group, Rocky Mountain Institute, Mortenson Construction, and CH2M HILL
|
Tesla, Inc.
|
2020
|
1.31[14]
|
1.31
|
26
|
Petronas Twin Towers
|
Kuala Lumpur
|
Malaysia
|
César Pelli
|
KLCC Holdings
|
1999
|
1.16
|
1.65
|
27
|
Australian Parliament
|
Canberra
|
Australia
|
Romaldo Giurgola
|
Australian Government
|
1988
|
1.10[15]
|
2.87
|
28
|
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City
|
Atlantic City, New Jersey
|
United States
|
Francis Xavier Dumont
|
Hard Rock International
|
1990
|
1.10[16]
|
2
|
See also
References
- ^ Wainwright, Oliver (23 October 2012). "Mecca's mega architecture casts shadow over hajj" – via The Guardian.
- ^ Röbel, Sven; Wassermann, Andreas (2012-07-30). "BERLIN: "Nicht mehr beherrschbar"". Der Spiegel. Vol. 31. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- ^ "Hauptstadtflughafen: Kosten für BER übersteigen sieben Milliarden Euro". Spiegel Online. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
- ^ "Suomenkin uusi ydinvoimala maksaa 8,5 miljardia euroa". 13 December 2012.
- ^ The 10 most expensive buildings in the world
- ^ Wainwright, Oliver (15 November 2013). "All hail the mothership: Norman Foster's $5bn Apple HQ revealed" – via The Guardian.
- ^ - Apple Campus 2 cost 5 billion Projects: Foster and Partners
- ^ "Resorts World Sentosa: Singapore Buildings - e-architect". 20 July 2010.
- ^ The Grand Burj Dubai
- ^ "The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas - Arquitectonica". 25 October 2010.
- ^ "One World Trade Center Will Cost $3.8 Billion, Making It The Most Expensive Building In The World". 31 January 2012 – via Huff Post.
- ^ http://www.aedas.com/Venetian-Macao-Resort-Hotel
- ^ eub2. "ECB's new building to cost more than expected, says official — EUbusiness.com - EU news, business and politics".
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