tallest buildings and structures in the world.

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Boeing's Everett factory

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]


Aerium, Germany

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]

Contents

Largest floor space



King Fahd International Airport
Berjaya Times Square
The Pentagon

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 Air Force Plant 4 Fort Worth, Texas, USA 603 870 m² (6.5 million sq ft) [14]
10 Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong, SAR, P. R. C 570,000 m² (6.3 million sq ft) [15]
11 Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok, Thailand 563,000 m² (6.06 million sq ft) [16]
12 ATL Logistics Centre, Centre B Hong Kong, SAR, P. R. C 550,000 m² (6.0 million sq ft) [17]
13 Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Building Seattle, Washington, USA 533,000 m² (5.7 million sq ft) [citation needed]
14 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) [18]
15 Chrysler Technical Center Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA 492,000 m² (5.3 million sq ft) [19]
16 Narita International Airport Terminal 1 Narita, Chiba, Japan 440,000 m² [citation needed]
17 Willis Tower Chicago, Illinois, USA 418,000 m² (4.5 million sq ft) [20]
18 JR Central Building Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 416,565 m² [citation needed]
19 Boeing Plant Everett, Washington, USA 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) [21]
20 Yokohama Landmark Tower Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 392,885 m² [citation needed]
21 Mori Tower Minato, Tokyo, Japan 379,408 m² [citation needed]
22 Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai, P. R. China 377,300 m² (4.1 million sq ft) [citation needed]
23 Merchandise Mart Chicago, Illinois, USA 372,000 m² (4 million sq ft) [22]

† 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]

Special categories

The Masjid al Haram, world's largest mosque
The Parliament of Romania
Devonshire Dock Hall
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 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[23] Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom
769,000 m³ (27 million cu ft)
Hemispherical building Stockholm Globe Arena[24] Stockholm, Sweden
600,000 m³ (21 million cu ft)
Wooden building Great Buddha Hall, Tōdai-ji[25] Nara, Japan 2,850 m² (9,350 sq feet)

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