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 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 by volume while the Aalsmeer Flower Auction in The Netherlands was the largest building by area until the construction of Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport. The McDermott Building in San Antonio, TX has 4,220,000 sq ft (392,000 m2). The floor 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]
This list ranks the buildings throughout the world with the largest amount of usable space.
- Boeing's Everett Factory is currently the world's largest, used to assemble a selection of the company's largest aircraft. This building is 13.3 million m³ (472 million cu ft) and covers 398,000 m² (98.3 acres) of land.
- The Aerium was built to house the construction of a giant airship, although the airship was never completed. This building now houses an indoor, artificial tropical resort.
- NASAs Vehicle Assembly Building once housed the Saturn V rocket and is 160 m tall.
| Name | Location | Floor Area | Volume | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boeing Plant | Everett, Washington, USA | 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) | 13.3 million m³ (472 million cu ft) | [2] |
| 2 | Jean-Luc Lagardère Plant | Blagnac, Toulouse, France | 122,500 m² (1,320,000 sq ft) | 5.6 million m³ (199 million cu ft) | [3] |
| 3 | Aerium | Halbe, Brandenburg, Germany | 70,000 m² (753,000 sq ft) | 5.2 million m³ (184 million cu ft) | [4] |
| 4 | NASA Vehicle Assembly Building | Brevard County, Florida, USA | 32,374 m² (348,000 sq ft) | 3.66 million m³ (130 million cu ft) | [5] |
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This list ranks the top 20 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 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 1,500,000 m² (16.1 million sq ft) | [7] |
| 2 | Aalsmeer Flower Auction | Aalsmeer, North Holland, Netherlands | 990,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft) | [8] |
| 3 | Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 | Beijing, P. R. China | 986,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft) | [9] |
| 4 | The Venetian Macao | Macau, P. R. China | 980,000 m² (10.5 million sq ft) | [10] |
| 5 | Berjaya Times Square | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 700,000 m² (7.5 million sq ft) | [11] |
| 6 | The Palazzo | Las Vegas Strip, Paradise, Nevada, USA | 645,581 m² (6.9 million sq ft) | [12] |
| 7 | The Pentagon | Arlington County, Virginia, USA | 610,000 m² (6.6 million sq ft) | [13] |
| 8 | K-25 | Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA | 609,000 m² (6.6 million sq ft) | |
| 9 | Hong Kong International Airport | Hong Kong, P. R. China | 570,000 m² (6.3 million sq ft) | [14] |
| 10 | Suvarnabhumi Airport | Bangkok, Thailand | 563,000 m² (6.06 million sq ft) | [15] |
| 11 | ATL Logistics Centre, Centre B | Hong Kong, P. R. China | 550,000 m² (6.0 million sq ft) | [16] |
| 12 | Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Building | Seattle, Washington, USA | 533,000 m² (5.7 million sq ft) | [citation needed] |
| 13 | Renaissance Center (Five towers rise from a common base, plus two joined by attached concourse.) | Detroit, Michigan, USA | 511,000 m² (5.5 million sq ft) | [17] |
| 14 | Chrysler Technical Center | Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA | 492,000 m² (5.3 million sq ft) | [18] |
| 15 | Narita International Airport Terminal 1 | Narita, Chiba, Japan | 440,000 m² | [citation needed] |
| 16 | Sears Tower | Chicago, Illinois, USA | 418,000 m² (4.5 million sq ft) | [19] |
| 17 | JR Central Building | Nagoya, Aichi, Japan | 416,565 m² | [citation needed] |
| 18 | Boeing Plant | Everett, Washington, USA | 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) | [20] |
| 19 | Yokohama Landmark Tower | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | 392,885 m² | [citation needed] |
| 20 | Mori Tower | Minato, Tokyo, Japan | 379,408 m² | [citation needed] |
| 21 | Shanghai World Financial Center | Shanghai, P. R. China | 377,300 m² (4.1 million sq ft) | [citation needed] |
| 22 | Merchandise Mart | Chicago, Illinois, USA | 372,000 m² (4 million sq ft) | [21] |
† 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]
[edit] Special categories
This list of special categories includes a variety of buildings which are the largest of their type. It also includes the longest buildings in the world.
| Largest buildings | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of building | Name | Location | Floor Area | Volume |
| Religious site | Angkor Wat | Angkor, Cambodia | 1,000,000 m² | |
| Mosque | Masjid al-Haram | Mecca, Saudi Arabia | 366,800 m² (3,940,570 sq ft) | |
| Presidential Residence | Rashtrapati Bhavan | New Delhi, India | 19,000 m² (200,000 sq ft) | |
| Parliament | Palace of the Parliament | Bucharest, Romania | 330,000 m² (3.55 million sq ft) | 2.55 million m³ (90 million cu ft) |
| Shipbuilding hall | Devonshire Dock Hall[22] | Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom | 769,000 m³ (27 million cu ft) | |
| Hemispherical building | Stockholm Globe Arena[23] | Stockholm, Sweden | 600,000 m³ (21 million cu ft) | |
| Wooden building | Great Buddha Hall, Tōdai-ji[24] | Nara, Japan | 2,850 m² (9,350 sq feet) | |
[edit] List of the world's largest shopping malls
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This is a list of the world's 13 largest shopping malls, based on gross leasable area (GLA) rather than total area.[25][26]
| Mall | Location | GLA | Total Area | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jin Yuan (Golden Resources Mall) | Beijing, China | 560,000 m² (6 million sq ft) | 680,000 m² (7.32 million sq ft) | ||
| 2 | SM City North EDSA | Quezon City, Philippines | 460,000 m² (4.74 million sq ft) | It includes City Center Building, The Annex, The Block, Carpark Building and SkyGarden. Currently the Largest Mall in Asia after Golden Resources Mall, 2nd Largest Mall in the World and Largest Shopping Mall in Southeast Asia. | ||
| 3 | Central World[27] | Bangkok, Thailand | 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. | |
| 4 | SM Mall of Asia | Pasay City, Philippines | 410,000 m² (4.67 million sq ft) | |||
| 5 | Dubai Mall[28][29][30] | Dubai, UAE | 350,000 m² (3.77 million sq ft) | 1,124,000 m² (12.1 million sq ft) | ||
| 6 | West Edmonton Mall | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | 350,000 m² (3.77 million sq ft) | 570,000 m² (6.13 million sq ft) | ||
| 7 | SM Megamall | Mandaluyong City, Philippines | 348,000 m² (3.75 million sq ft) | 420,000 m² (4.52 million sq ft) | ||
| 8 | Berjaya Times Square[31] | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 320,000 m² (3.44 million sq ft) | 700,000 m² (7.53 million sq ft) | ||
| 9 | Beijing Mall | Beijing, China | 320,000 m² (3.44 million sq ft) | 440,000 m² (4.74 million sq ft) | ||
| 10 | Siam Paragon[32] | Bangkok, Thailand | 300,000 m² (3.23 million sq ft) | 500,000 m² (5.38 million sq ft) | ||
| 11 | SM City Cebu | Mabolo, Cebu City, Philippines | 268,611 m² (2,891,305 sq. ft.) | Consists of Northwing and Southwing. Largest Mall in Central Philippines | ||
| 12 | King of Prussia Mall[33] | King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States | 259,000 m² (2.79 million sq ft) | Consists of two separate buildings | ||
| 13 | Mall of America | Bloomington, Minnesota | 257,200 m² (2.77 million sq ft) |
[edit] Notes
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- ^ "Palazzo Opens in Las Vegas". http://dfsworldwidellc.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/palazzo-opens-in-las-vegas/.
- ^ "Pentagon facts and figures". http://pentagon.afis.osd.mil/facts-area.cfm. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ "Hong Kong International Airport fact sheet". http://www.hongkongairport.com/eng/aboutus/facts.html. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
- ^ "Suvarnabhumi Airport fact sheet". http://www.business-in-asia.com/airports_thailand.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ "Asia Terminals Ltd Logistics Centre". http://www.nwd.com.hk/lease-hk/asia.asp. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
- ^ "GM Renaissance Center". Hines. http://www.hines.com/property/detail.aspx?id=1802. Retrieved on 2008-08-16.
- ^ Priddle, Alisa (May 12, 2009).Chrysler's tech center called a 'good asset'. The Detroit News. Retrieved on June 28, 2009.
- ^ "Sears tower at skyscraper page". http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=5/. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ "Boeing Everett Factory Tours". Boeing. http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/tours/gw.html.
- ^ "Marchitecture". http://www.merchandisemart.com/marchitecture/. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
- ^ "Devonshire Dock Hall data sheet" (PDF). http://www.baesystems.com/BAEProd/groups/public/documents/ss_asset/bae_subs_ddhdatasheet.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
- ^ "Stockholm Globe Arena information". http://www.globearenas.se/browse.asp?menu=1&sid=166. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
- ^ 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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- ^ "CentralWorld". http://www.centralworld.co.th/. Retrieved on 2009-02-09.
- ^ "Dubai Mall". http://www.thedubaimall.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
- ^ "Zawya - The Dubai Mall". http://www.zawya.com/cm/profile.cfm/cid1003365. Retrieved on 2008-12-06.
- ^ "Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum formally opens the Dubai Mall". http://www.thedubaimall.com/en/news/media-centre/news-section/his-highness-sheikh-mohammed-bin-rashid-al-maktoum-formally-opens-the-dubai-mall.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-12.
- ^ "Berjaya Times Square info page". http://www.timessquarekl.com/aboutus.html. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
- ^ "Siam Paragon". http://www.bangkok.com/shopping-mall/siam-paragon.html. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
- ^ "International Council of Shopping Centers: King of Prussia Mall". http://www.icsc.org/apps/dmmdisp.php?dispid=PA0620. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
