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 following is a List of largest buildings in the world by usable space (volume), mass and area.
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[edit] Largest usable space
- Boeing Plant in Everett, Washington, United States
- 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 and 777 aircraft, and will be used for the 787[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].
[edit] Largest area
[edit] By footprint
- The chiefly one-storey 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.
[edit] By floor area (all stories)
- 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 storeys. 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 claimed to be 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). The new Terminal 3 of the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, People's Republic of China will beat the current record in 2007 with a size of 900,000 m² (9.6 million sq ft).
- Chrysler Technical Center, Auburn Hills, Michigan, United States
- A 408,000 m² (4.4 million sq ft) facility, on a 504 acre (204 ha) site, that houses engineering, design, manufacturing and corporate offices, as well as a great number of living amenities.
- 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.
- 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 Trade Center, New York, New York, United States
- Each of the former towers contained 350,000 m² of office space.
- 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.
- Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC, United States
- The largest building in Washington, DC 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.
- 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).
- Bannister Federal Complex, Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- The main building has more than 279,000 m² (3 million sq ft) of floor space. General Services Administration owned space is nearly 130,000 m² (1.4 million sq ft), and the rest 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).
[edit] Largest mass
- Palace of the Parliament, Romania
- The heaviest building in the world is made of 1 million m³ (35.3 million cu ft) of marble from Transylvania and 700,000 metric tons 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).
[edit] Special categories
- 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).
- 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 disputed, going either to the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, United States, or Liverpool Anglican Cathedral in England. The largest Christian church in the United States is the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York (followed secondly by Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.).
- The Todaiji temple in Nara, Japan, is called largest wooden building 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.
- The Guinness Book of Records lists Woolloomooloo Bay Wharf in Sydney, New South Wales, 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.
- The Forbidden City in Beijing, China is considered as the largest palace in the world, with an alleged 8,886 rooms and 720,000 m² (7.75 million sq ft) of space.
- 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).
- 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.
- The Stockholm Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, is the largest hemispherical building, with a total volume of 600,000 m³ (21 million cu ft).
- The largest slaughterhouse in the world is the Smithfield Packing Company in Tar Heel, North Carolina, United States.
[edit] References
- ^ Boeing Everett Factory Tours. Boeing.
- ^ Palace of the Parliament. Parliament of Romania.
