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=== By floor area (all stories)===
=== By floor area (all stories)===
*The Venetian, [[Macau]]
*[[The Venetian Macao|The Venetian]], [[Macau]]
: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.<ref>{{cite news | title= China opens world's largest casino | date=[[2007-08-28]] | publisher= | url =http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/08/28/macau.venetian.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview | work =CNN | accessdate = 2007-09-01}}</ref>
: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.<ref>{{cite news | title= China opens world's largest casino | date=[[2007-08-28]] | publisher= | url =http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS/08/28/macau.venetian.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview | work =CNN | accessdate = 2007-09-01}}</ref>


Revision as of 20:19, 14 September 2007

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.

Largest usable space

The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest, Romania
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.
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

Great Wall of China holds several world records such as longest, largest in terms of footprint, volume, mass, etc. [citation needed]
Interior view from check-in hall towards departure gates of Hong Kong International Airport.
The Chicago Merchandise Mart
Sears Tower

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.

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 claimed to be the world's largest building ever built in a single phase.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Contains 350,000 m² (3.8 million sq ft) of floor area.
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.
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.
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).
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).

Largest mass

The heaviest conventional building[citation needed] 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[4][5] 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 church

Main article: List of largest churches in the world

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 generally considered Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City, United States, although claims are sometimes made for Liverpool Anglican Cathedral in England. The largest Catholic church in the United States is the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C..

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 Buddhist building group

The Wutaishan in Shanxi province has the largest Buddhist building group in the world.

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

Main article: 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

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 Jin Yuan, (Golden Resources Mall) Beijing, China 6 560,000 7.3 680,000
3 CentralWorld Plaza[6] Bangkok, Thailand 5.8 550,000 8.6 800,000
4 Cevahir Mall Istanbul, Turkey 4.8 420,000 6.7 620,000
5 SM Mall of Asia Pasay City, Philippines 4.1 381,000 2.1 195,000[7]
6 SM City North EDSA[8] Quezon City, Philippines 3.9 351,861 1.88 175,000[9]
7 West Edmonton Mall Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 3.8 350,000 5.3 580,000
8 SM Megamall Mandaluyong City, Philippines 3.6 331,679 1.13 105,000[10]
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 Nordstan Gothenburg, Sweden 3.4 320,000
12 Zhengjia Plaza (Grandview Mall) Guangzhou, China 3 280,000 4.5 420,000
13 King of Prussia Mall King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA 2.8 260,000
14 Glorietta[11] Ayala Center, Makati City, Philippines 2.7 255,390 6.0 no press release
15 South Coast Plaza Costa Mesa, California, USA 2.7 250,000
16 Chia Tai Square Shanghai, China 2.6 240,000
17 Dongfang Xin Tiandi Foshan, Guangdong, China 2.5 230,000 8.6 800,000
18 Mall of America Bloomington, Minnesota, USA 2.5 230,000 4.2 390,000
19 Sawgrass Mills Sunrise, Florida, USA 2.5 230,000 4.2 390,000
20 Siam Paragon Bangkok, Thailand 2.5 230,000 3.3 300,000
20 Panda Mall Chengdu, Sichuan, China 2.5 230,000 3.9 360,000
22 Del Amo Fashion Center Torrance, California, USA 2.5 230,000
23 Mall of the Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2.4 225,000 6.5 600,000
24 SM Southmall Las Piñas City, Philippines 2.2 205,120 2.1 200,000[12]
25 TriNoma[13] Quezon City, Philippines 2.1 195,000 no press release no press release
26 Future Park[14] Rangsit, Bangkok, Thailand 186,740 227,348
27 Pittsburgh Mills Tarentum, Pa (Frazer Twp.) 2.0 186,000
28 Shopping City Süd Vienna, Austria 1.9 173,000 2.9 270,000
29 SM City Cebu[15] Cebu City, Philippines 1.74 267,000 1.48 138,000[16]
29 Metropolis at Metrotown Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada 1.78 165,646 no press release no press release
30 Square One Shopping Centre Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 1.61 150,000 no press release no press release
31 Market! Market! Taguig City, Philippines 1.6 150,000 no press release no press release
32 Seacon Square Bangkok, Thailand 5.5 500,000
33 Dom Pedro Campinas, Brazil 1.59 149.000 4.8 450.000
34 Dream Mall Kaohsiung, Taiwan 4.3 399,300

Under construction

Mall Location GLA
(millions ft2) 		GLA
(m2) 		Total Area
(millions ft2) 		Total Area
(m2)
Dubai Mall Dubai, United Arab Emirates 12.1 1,100,000
Mall of Arabia Dubai, United Arab Emirates 10 900,000
Aeromall Caracas, Venezuela 6.7

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Boeing Everett Factory Tours". Boeing.
  2. ^ "Palace of the Parliament". Parliament of Romania.
  3. ^ "China opens world's largest casino". CNN. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-09-01. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ http://interoz.com/egypt/cheops.htm
  5. ^ http://sacredsites.com/africa/egypt/great_pyramid.html
  6. ^ "Central World Shopping Center".
  7. ^ Total Land Area Only, as opposed to total land area plus GLA.
  8. ^ currently redevelop and will be finished by 2008
  9. ^ Total Land Area Only, as opposed to total land area plus GLA.
  10. ^ Total Land Area Only, as opposed to total land area plus GLA.
  11. ^ to be expanded, redeveloped
  12. ^ Total Land Area Only, as opposed to total land area plus GLA.
  13. ^ to be expanded
  14. ^ "Future Park Website".
  15. ^ to be expanded
  16. ^ Total Land Area Only, as opposed to total land area plus GLA.
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