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.
Boeing's Everett factory
Boeing's Everett factory

This list of largest buildings in the world ranks buildings from around the world by useable 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.

At present, Boeing's factory in Washington, United States is the largest building by volume while the Aalsmeer Flower Auction in The Netherlands is the largest building in terms of area. If Crystal Island, Moscow is built it will become by far the largest, more than doubling the floor area of the Aalsmeer Flower Auction building.[1]

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[edit] Largest usable space

Aerium, Germany
Aerium, Germany

This list ranks the buildings throughout the world with the largest amount of useable space. Boeing's Everett Factory is currently the worlds largest, being used to assemble a selection of the company's largest aircraft. This building is 13.3 million m³ (470 million cu ft) and covers 398,000 m² (98 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
1 Boeing Plant[2] Everett, Washington, USA 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) 13.3 million m³ (470 million cu ft)
2 Aerium[3] Brandenburg, Germany 70,000 m² (753,000 sq ft) 5.2 million m³ (184 million cu ft)
3 NASA Vehicle Assembly Building[4] Brevard County, Florida, USA 32,374 m² (348,000 sq ft) 3.66 million m³ (130 million cu ft)

[edit] Largest area

Berjaya Times Square
Berjaya Times Square
The Pentagon
The Pentagon

This list ranks the top 16 buildings throughout the world with the largest amount of floor area. Currently, the Aalsmeer Flower Auction tops the list with 990,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft) of floor space. Around 19 million flowers are sold in the building every day.[5] The Venetian Macao is a 40 story casino resort, opened in August, 2007 as part of the Cotai Strip in Macau.

Name Location Floor Area
1 Aalsmeer Flower Auction[6] Aalsmeer, The Netherlands 990,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft)
2 Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3[7] Beijing, People's Republic of China 986,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft)
3 The Venetian Macao[8] Macau 980,000 m² (10.5 million sq ft)
4 Asia Terminals Ltd Logistics Centre[9] Hong Kong 864,000 m² (9.3 million sq ft)
5 Berjaya Times Square[10] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 700,000 m² (7.5 million sq ft)
6 The Pentagon[11] Arlington County, United States 610,000 m² (6.6 million sq ft)
7 Hong Kong International Airport[12] Hong Kong 564,000 m² (6.1 million sq ft)
8 Suvarnabhumi Airport[13] Bangkok, Thailand 563,000 m² (6.06 million sq ft)
9 Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Building Seattle, United States 533,000 m² (5.7 million sq ft)
10 Sears Tower[14] Chicago, United States 418,000 m² (4.5 million sq ft)
11 Chrysler Technical Center Auburn Hills, United States 409,000 m² (4.4 million sq ft)
12 Boeing Plant[15] Everett, United States 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft)
13 Merchandise Mart[16] Chicago, United States 372,000 m² (4 million sq ft)
14 Ryugyong Hotel[17] Pyongyang, North Korea 360,000 m² (3.9 million sq ft)
15 Cœur Défense[18]† Paris, France 350,000 m² (3.8 million sq ft)
16 Palace of the Parliament[19] Bucharest, Romania 330,000 m² (3.6 million sq ft)
17 Bannister Federal Complex Kansas City, United States 290,000 m² (3.1 million sq ft)
18 Tempelhof International Airport[20] Berlin, Germany 284,000 m² (3.0 million sq ft)

† Cœur Défense cosists of several buildings which all share a common basement

[edit] Special categories

Devonshire Dock Hall
Devonshire Dock Hall
Stockholm Globe Arena
Stockholm Globe Arena

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 Size
Church Basilica of Our Lady of Peace[21] Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire 30,000 m² (323,000 sq ft)
Presidential Residence Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi, India 19,000 m² (200,000 sq 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)
Longest buildings
Type of building Name Location Size
Longest building Kansai International Airport Terminal[24] Osaka, Japan 1,700 m (5,580 ft)
Longest residential building Karl-Marx-Hof [25] Vienna, Austria 1,100 m (3,610 ft)

[edit] List of the world's largest shopping malls

Dream Mall, Taiwan
Dream Mall, Taiwan
One part of SM mall of Asia
One part of SM mall of Asia

This is a list of the world's 20 largest shopping malls, based on gross leasable area (GLA) rather than total area.[26][27]

Mall Location GLA
(millions ft²)		 GLA
(m²)		 Total Area
(millions ft²)		 Total Area
(m²)
1 South China Mall[28] Dongguan, China 6.5 600,000 9.6 890,000
2 Jin Yuan, (Golden Resources Mall) Beijing, China 6.0 560,000 7.3 680,000
3 Central World Plaza[29] Bangkok, Thailand 5.9 550,000 8.9 830,000
4 Dream Mall Kaohsiung, Taiwan 4.3 400,000
5 SM Mall of Asia[30] Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines 4.2 386,224
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 City North EDSA[31] Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines 3.6 331,861
9 SM Megamall[32] Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines 3.6 331,679
10 Berjaya Times Square[33] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3.5 320,000 7.5 700,000
11 Beijing Mall Beijing, China 3.4 320,000 4.7 440,000
12 Siam Paragon[34] Bangkok, Thailand 300,000 500,000
13 Zhengjia Plaza (Grandview Mall) Guangzhou, China 3.0 280,000 4.5 420,000
14 Sambil (Centro Sambil Caracas) Caracas, Venezuela 3.0 280,000
15 King of Prussia Mall[35] King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States 2.8 259,000
16 Mall of America[36] Bloomington, Minnesota, United States 2.8 257,000 4.2 390,000
17 South Coast Plaza[37] Costa Mesa, California, United States 2.7 250,000
18 Aricanduva Mall Sao Paulo, Brazil 2.6 242,000 3.7 342,000
19 Millcreek Mall[38] Erie, Pennsylvania, United States 2.6 241,000
20 Chia Tai Square Shanghai, China 2.6 240,000

[edit] References

  1. ^ Foster + Partners creates the world’s largest inhabited building. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
  2. ^ Boeing Everett Factory Tours. Boeing.
  3. ^ Germany's Pleasure Dome. Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
  4. ^ Vehicle Assembly Building. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  5. ^ Aalsmeer Information. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
  6. ^ Aalsmeer Information. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
  7. ^ Beijing Capital International Airport at Telegraph.
  8. ^ HKIE exhibition overview. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  9. ^ Asia Terminals Ltd Logistics Centre. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  10. ^ Berjaya Times Square information. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  11. ^ Pentagon facts and figures. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  12. ^ Hong Kong International Airport fact sheet. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  13. ^ Suvarnabhumi Airport fact sheet. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
  14. ^ Sears tower at skyscraper page. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  15. ^ Boeing Everett Factory Tours. Boeing.
  16. ^ Marchitecture. Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  17. ^ Ryugyong Hotel at skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  18. ^ Cœur Défense at skyscraperpage.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  19. ^ Palace of the Parliament.
  20. ^ Tempelhof Airport Historical Facts at Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof.
  21. ^ The biggest, longest, tallest. Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
  22. ^ Devonshire Dock Hall data sheet. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
  23. ^ Stockholm Globe Arena information. Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
  24. ^ longest building. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
  25. ^ longest residential building. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
  26. ^ World's largest shopping malls.
  27. ^ Forbes list of large shopping malls.
  28. ^ South China Mall. Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  29. ^ CentralWorld Shopping Complex. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  30. ^ SM Mall of Asia facts. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  31. ^ SM City North EDSA facts. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  32. ^ SM Megamall facts. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
  33. ^ Berjaya Times Square info page. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  34. ^ CentralWorld Shopping Complex. Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
  35. ^ International Council of Shopping Centers: King of Prussia Mall. Retrieved on 2008-02-14.
  36. ^ International Council of Shopping Centers: Mall Of America. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  37. ^ International Council of Shopping Centers: South Coast Plaza. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
  38. ^ International Council of Shopping Centers: Mill Creek Mall. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
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