This following is a List of largest buildings in the world by usable space (volume), mass and area.
Contents |
Largest usable space
- 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]
- 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.
- 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
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)
- 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]
- 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.
- With a floor area of 700,000 m² (7.5 million sq ft), it is 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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's second largest administrative building, with a floor area of 330,000 m². It is also the world's third largest building with a volume of 2,550,000 m3. [4]
- 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.
- 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.
- Bannister Federal Complex, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- The main building has more than 290,000 m² (3.13 million sq ft) of floor space. General Services Administration owned space is approximately 126,000 m² (1.36 million sq ft), and an additional 165,000 m² (1.78 millioin sq ft) 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).
- 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).
Largest mass
- Palace of the Parliament, Romania
- The heaviest conventional building[5]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.
- 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).
- The pyramid of Khufu is estimated to weigh approximately 6 million tonnes[6][7] 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 Hindu temple
The world's largest Hindu temple is Akshardham Temple in Delhi, India. Spread over 30 acres, the temple was opened to public in 2005 and gets over one lakh visitors every week. The temple has 234 ornately carved pillars, 9 domes and 20 quadrangular shikhars or spirals.
Largest church
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 hotly debated between the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, United States, and the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral in England, the former remaining unfinished, whereas the latter is a completed structure.
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 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
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.[8]
| 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 | City Stars | Cairo, Egypt | 8.1 | 750,000 | ||
| 3 | Jin Yuan, (Golden Resources Mall) | Beijing, China | 6.0 | 560,000 | 7.3 | 680,000 |
| 4 | SM Mall of Asia | Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines | 4.2 | 386,224 | ||
| 5 | SM City North EDSA | Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines | 3.8 | 351,872 | ||
| 6 | West Edmonton Mall | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | 3.8 | 350,000 | 5.3 | 570,000 |
| 7 | Cevahir Mall | Istanbul, Turkey | 3.8 | 348,000 | 4.5 | 420,000 |
| 8 | SM Megamall | Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines | 3.6 | 331,679 | ||
| 9 | Berjaya Times Square | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3.4 | 320,000 | 7.5 | 700,000 |
| 10 | Beijing Mall | Beijing, China | 3.4 | 320,000 | 4.7 | 440,000 |
| 11 | Zhengjia Plaza (Grandview Mall) | Guangzhou, China | 3.0 | 280,000 | 4.5 | 420,000 |
| 12 | Sambil (Centro Sambil Caracas) | Caracas, Venezuela | 3.0 | 280,000 | ||
| 13 | Dream Mall | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 4.2 | |||
| 14 | King of Prussia Mall | King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA | 2.8 | 260,000 | ||
| 15 | South Coast Plaza | Costa Mesa, California, USA | 2.7 | 250,000 | ||
| 16 | Central World Plaza | Bangkok, Thailand | 2.6 | 244,000 | ||
| 17 | Aricanduva Mall | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 2.6 | 242,000 | 3.7 | 342,000 |
| 18 | Chia Tai Square | Shanghai, China | 2.6 | 240,000 | ||
| 19 | Dongfang Xin Tiandi (Oriental Plaza) | Foshan, Guangdong, China | 2.5 | 230,000 | 8.6 | 800,000 |
| 20 | Mall of America | Bloomington, Minnesota, USA | 2.5 | 230,000 | 4.2 | 390,000 |
| 21 | Sawgrass Mills | Sunrise, Florida, USA | 2.5 | 230,000 | 4.2 | 390,000 |
| 22 | Siam Paragon | Bangkok, Thailand | 2.5 | 230,000 | 4.1 | 377,000 |
| 23 | Panda Mall | Chengdu, Sichuan, China | 2.5 | 230,000 | 3.9 | 360,000 |
| 24 | Mall of the Emirates | Dubai, UAE | 2.4 | 225,000 | 6.5 | 600,000 |
| 25 | Bahrain City Center | Manama, Bahrain | 2.4 | 225,000 | 6.5 | 600,000 |
| 26 | Core Pacific City | Taipei, Taiwan | 204,190 |
Sources
- Emil Pocock, professor of American Studies at Eastern Connecticut State University
- Forbes list of large shopping malls
- SM Prime Holdings Website
References
- ^ Boeing Everett Factory Tours. Boeing.
- ^ Palace of the Parliament. Parliament of Romania.
- ^ "China opens world's largest casino", CNN, 2007-08-28. Retrieved on 2007-09-01.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://interoz.com/egypt/cheops.htm
- ^ http://sacredsites.com/africa/egypt/great_pyramid.html
- ^ [3]
External links
- The Roman Pantheon: The Triumph of Concrete
- USA Today article on world's largest shopping malls
- World's Largest Malls on Forbes.com
