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 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 Washington, United States is presently the largest building by volume while the Aalsmeer Flower Auction in The Netherlands is the largest building by area. The floor area of the planned Crystal Island, Moscow complex will be more than double that of the Aalsmeer Flower Auction building.[1]

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Largest usable space

Aerium, Germany
Aerium, Germany

This list ranks the buildings throughout the world with the largest amount of usable 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 (472 million cu ft) and covers 398,000 m² (98.3 acres) of land. The McDermott Building in San Antonio, TX has 4.22 million sq ft.
  • 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 Airbus A380 Assembly 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]

Largest area

Berjaya Times Square
Berjaya Times Square
The Pentagon
The Pentagon

This list ranks the top 20 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.[6] The Venetian Macao is a 40 story casino resort, opened in August, 2007 as part of the Cotai Strip in Macau. The McDermott Building in San Antonio, TX has 4.22 million sq ft.

Name Location Floor Area Source
1 Aalsmeer Flower Auction Aalsmeer, North Holland, Netherlands 990,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft) [7]
2 Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3 Beijing, China 986,000 m² (10.6 million sq ft) [8]
3 The Venetian Macao Macau, China 980,000 m² (10.5 million sq ft) [9]
4 Asia Terminals Ltd Logistics Centre Hong Kong, China 864,000 m² (9.3 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 Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong, China 564,000 m² (6.1 million sq ft) [14]
9 Suvarnabhumi Airport Bangkok, Thailand 563,000 m² (6.06 million sq ft) [15]
10 Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Building Seattle, Washington, USA 533,000 m² (5.7 million sq ft) citation needed
11 Renaissance Center Detroit, Michigan, USA 511,000 m² (5.5 million sq ft) [16]
12 Narita International Airport Terminal 1 Narita, Chiba, Japan 440,000 m² citation needed
13 Sears Tower Chicago, Illinois, USA 418,000 m² (4.5 million sq ft) [17]
14 JR Central Building Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 416,565 m² citation needed
15 Chrysler Technical Center Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA 409,000 m² (4.4 million sq ft) [18]
16 Boeing Plant Everett, Washington, USA 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) [19]
17 Yokohama Landmark Tower Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 392,885 m² citation needed
18 Mori Tower Tokyo, Japan 379,408 m² citation needed
19 Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai, China 377,300 m² (4.1 million sq ft) citation needed
20 Merchandise Mart Chicago, Illinois, USA 372,000 m² (4 million sq ft) [20]

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

Special categories

The Rashtrapati Bhawan at night
The Rashtrapati Bhawan at night
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 The LDS Conference Center[21] Salt Lake City, Utah 130,000 m² (1.4 million 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)

List of the world's largest shopping malls

CentralWorld, Ratchaprasong Shopping District, Bangkok
CentralWorld, Ratchaprasong Shopping District, Bangkok
Dream Mall, Taiwan
Dream Mall, Taiwan
One part of SM Mall of Asia, Metro Manila, Philippines
One part of SM Mall of Asia, Metro Manila, Philippines

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 CentralWorld[29] Bangkok, Thailand 4.8 429,500 6.1 (only shopping area) and 11.3 (for all complex) 550,000 (only shopping area) and 1,024,000 (for all complex)
4 SM Mall of Asia[30] Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines 4.4 407,101 (As Of 2007)
5 Dream Mall Kaohsiung, Taiwan 4.3 400,001
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 3.6 331,861 460,000 (soon to be)
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 3.3 300,000 5.5 500,000
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 SM City Cebu North Reclaimed Land, Cebu City, Philippines 2.7 268,611
16 King of Prussia Mall[35] King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States 2.8 259,000
17 Mall of America[36] Bloomington, Minnesota, United States 2.8 257,000 4.2 390,000
18 South Coast Plaza[37] Costa Mesa, California, United States 2.7 250,000
19 Aricanduva Mall Sao Paulo, Brazil 2.6 242,000 3.7 342,000
20 Millcreek Mall[38] Erie, Pennsylvania, United States 2.6 241,000

Notes

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  2. ^ "Boeing Everett Factory Tours". Boeing.
  3. ^ Agglomeration community of Greater Toulouse. "Inauguration du site AéroConstellation" (PDF). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  4. ^ "Germany's Pleasure Dome". Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
  5. ^ "Vehicle Assembly Building". Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  6. ^ "Aalsmeer Information". Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
  7. ^ "Aalsmeer Information". Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
  8. ^ "Beijing Capital International Airport at Telegraph".
  9. ^ "HKIE exhibition overview". Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  10. ^ "Asia Terminals Ltd Logistics Centre". Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  11. ^ "Berjaya Times Square information". Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  12. ^ "Palazzo Opens in Las Vegas".
  13. ^ "Pentagon facts and figures". Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  14. ^ "Hong Kong International Airport fact sheet". Retrieved on 2008-01-30.
  15. ^ "Suvarnabhumi Airport fact sheet". Retrieved on 2008-03-07.
  16. ^ "GM Renaissance Center". Hines. Retrieved on 2008-08-16.
  17. ^ "Sears tower at skyscraper page". Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  18. ^ "Chysler Headquarters and Technology Center". Emporis.com. Retrieved on 2008-08-16..
  19. ^ "Boeing Everett Factory Tours". Boeing.
  20. ^ "Marchitecture". Retrieved on 2008-01-21.
  21. ^ "The biggest, longest, tallest". Retrieved on 2008-01-24.
  22. ^ "Devonshire Dock Hall data sheet" (PDF). 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 2008-06-30.
  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. ^ "Siam Paragon". 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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