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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.
Abraj Al Bait Towers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, a hotel complex to be completed in 2011, is set to be the world's largest building, tallest hotel and second-tallest building with a planned height of 595 metres and a floor area of 1,500,000 square metres.


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 in the world by volume while Terminal 3 of Dubai International Airport is the largest building in terms of total floor area. The surface 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]

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Largest usable space

Boeing's Everett factory
Aerium, Germany
Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the Palace is the world's largest civilian administrative building, most expensive administrative building, and heaviest building

This list ranks the buildings throughout the world with the largest amount of usable space.

Name Location Floor Area Volume Description Source
1 Boeing Plant Everett, Washington, USA 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) 13.3 million m³ (472 million cu ft) Boeings' assembly site for a selection of the company's largest aircraft, originally built for construction of the 747. [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) The assembly hall of the Airbus A380, the worlds largest passenger airplane. [3]
3 Aerium Halbe, Brandenburg, Germany 70,000 m² (753,000 sq ft) 5.2 million m³ (184 million cu ft) A hanger orginally intended to house the construction of a giant airship, this building now houses an indoor, artificial tropical resort. [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) Originally built to enable simultaneous assembly and shelter for four Saturn V rockets. [5]

Largest floor space

Concourse 2 part of Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport
King Fahd International Airport
Berjaya Times Square
The Pentagon

This list ranks the top 25 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, SAR 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 Mexico City International Airport Terminal 1 Mexico City, Mexico 548,000 m² [citation needed]
14 Barcelona Airport Terminal 1 Barcelona, Spain 544,066 m² [citation needed]
15 Warren G. Magnuson Health Sciences Building Seattle, Washington, USA 533,000 m² (5.7 million sq ft) [18]
16 Renaissance Center (Five towers rise from a common base, plus two joined by attached concourse.) Detroit, Michigan, USA 515,800 m² (5.55 million sq ft) [19][20]
17 Dubai International Airport Terminal 1 Dubai, United Arab Emirates 515,000 m² (5,543,600 sq ft) [citation needed]
18 Incheon International Airport Seoul, South Korea 496,000 m² [citation needed]
19 Chrysler Technical Center Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA 492,000 m² (5.3 million sq ft) [21]
20 Barajas Airport Terminal 4 main building Madrid, Spain 470,000 m² [citation needed]
21 Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminal 1 Mississauga, Canada 464,000 m
22 Embarcadero Center (Six interconnected towers) San Francisco, California 445,900 m² (4.8 million sq ft) [22]
23 Narita International Airport Terminal 1 Narita, Chiba, Japan 449,600 m² [23]
24 Willis Tower Chicago, Illinois, USA 418,000 m² (4.5 million sq ft) [24]
25 Nagoya Station Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 416,565 m² [citation needed]
26 Taipei 101 Xinyi District, Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan) 412,500 m2 (4,440,100 sq ft)
27 Boeing Plant Everett, Washington, USA 398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft) [2]
28 Yokohama Landmark Tower Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan 392,885 m² [citation needed]
29 USAA McDermott Building San Antonio, Texas, USA 382,000 m² (4,115,500 sq ft) [25]
30 Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3 Changi, Singapore 380,000 m² [citation needed]
31 Mori Tower Minato, Tokyo, Japan 379,408 m² [citation needed]
32 Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai, P. R. China 377,300 m² (4.1 million sq ft) [citation needed]
33 Merchandise Mart Chicago, Illinois, USA 372,000 m² (4 million sq ft) [26]

† 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]

  • The McDermott Building in San Antonio, TX has 4,220,000 sq ft (392,000 m2).[citation needed]

Special categories

Ericsson Globe

This list of special categories includes a variety of buildings which are the largest of their type.

Largest buildings
Type of building Name Location Floor Area Volume
Religious site Angkor Wat[citation needed] Angkor, Cambodia 1,000,000 m²
Presidential Residence Istana Nurul Iman Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei 200,000 m² (2,152,782 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)
Courthouse Brussels Palace of Justice Brussels, Belgium 260,000 m² (2.8 million sq ft)
Bus Terminal Tel Aviv Central Bus Station Tel Aviv, Israel 230,000 m² (2.2 million sq ft)
Shipbuilding hall IHC Krimpen Shipyard[27] Krimpen aan den IJssel, Netherlands 25,000 m² (275,000 sq ft) 1.3 million m³ (46 million cu ft)
Hemispherical building Ericsson Globe[28] Stockholm, Sweden 600,000 m³ (21 million cu ft)
Wooden building Great Buddha Hall, Tōdai-ji[29] Nara, Japan 2,850 m² (30,660 sq feet)

List of the world's largest shopping malls

This is a list of the world's 14 largest shopping malls.[30]

Mall Location Gross Leasable Area (GLA) Total Area Remarks
1 New South China Mall[31] Dongguan, China 600,000 m2 (6.46 million sq ft) 890,000 m2 (9.58 million sq ft) 99.2 percent unoccupied[32]
2 SM City North EDSA Quezon City, Philippines 460,000 m² (4.74 million sq ft) It includes City Center Building, The Annex, The Block, Carpark Building and SkyGarden. Currently the largest mall in Southeast Asia.
3 Central World[33] Bangkok, Thailand 429,500 m² (4.62 million sq ft) 550,000 m² (5.92 million sq ft) Area of the full complex is 1,024,000 m² including two skyscrapers.
4 SM Mall of Asia Pasay City, Philippines 410,000 m² (4.67 million sq ft)[citation needed]
5 Dream Mall Kaohsiung City, Taiwan 400,000 m² (4.5 million sq ft)
6 Mall Taman Anggrek Jakarta, Indonesia 360,000 m² (3.6 million sq ft) 360,000 m² (3.6 million sq ft)
7 West Edmonton Mall Edmonton, Canada 350,000 m² (3.8 million sq ft) 570,000 m² (6.0 million sq ft) The largest mall in North America
8 The Dubai Mall[34][35][36] Dubai, UAE 350,000 m² (3.77 million sq ft) 1,124,000 m² (12.1 million sq ft) The largest mall in the world by area
9 SM Megamall Mandaluyong City, Philippines 348,000 m² (3.75 million sq ft) 420,000 m² (4.52 million sq ft)
10 Berjaya Times Square[37] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 320,000 m² (3.44 million sq ft) 700,000 m² (7.53 million sq ft)
11 Golden Resources Mall Beijing, China 320,000 m² (3.44 million sq ft) 440,000 m² (4.74 million sq ft)
12 Siam Paragon[38] Bangkok, Thailand 300,000 m² (3.23 million sq ft) 500,000 m² (5.38 million sq ft)
13 SM City Cebu Mabolo, Cebu City, Philippines 268,611 m² (2,891,305 sq. ft.) Consists of Northwing and Southwing. Largest mall in Central Philippines
14 King of Prussia Mall[39] King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States 259,000 m² (2.79 million sq ft) Consists of two separate buildings
15 Mall of America Bloomington, Minnesota, United States 257,200 m² (2.77 million sq ft) 390,000 m² (4.2 million sq ft)
16 Grand Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia 250,000 m² (2.7 million sq ft) 640,000 m² (6.9 million sq ft)

Notes

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  27. ^ "IHC Merwede doopt Superior Achiever". http://www.maritiemnederland.nl/ihc-merwede-doopt-superior-achiever.34173.lynkx. Retrieved 2010-01-10. 
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  29. ^ JNTO Website | Find a Location | Nara | Nara-koen Park (Todai-ji Temple), Japan National Tourist Organization, retrieved on February 5, 2009
  30. ^ "Forbes list of large shopping malls". http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/15/retail-shopping-malls-biz-commerce-cx_tvr_0115malls.html. 
  31. ^ "South China Mall Information". http://www.southchinamall.com.cn/english/business/plane.jsp?catid=95,109. 
  32. ^ Donohue, Michael (2008-06-12). "Mall of misfortune". The National. Abu Dhabi Media Company. http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080612/REVIEW/206990272/1042. Retrieved 2008-07-17. 
  33. ^ "CentralWorld". http://www.centralworld.co.th/. Retrieved 2009-02-09. 
  34. ^ "Dubai Mall". http://www.thedubaimall.com. Retrieved 2008-01-14. 
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  36. ^ "Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum formally opens the Dubai Mall". http://www.thedubaimall.com/en/news/media-centre/news-section/his-highness-sheikh-mohammed-bin-rashid-al-maktoum-formally-opens-the-dubai-mall.html. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
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  38. ^ "Siam Paragon". http://www.bangkok.com/shopping-mall/siam-paragon.html. Retrieved 2008-03-07. 
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