The largest buildings in the world

The largest buildings in the world

We take a look at the largest buildings in the world, from aircraft factories to royal palaces

Modern architecture has made relentless and remarkable progress in the past century, and with the construction of the world's highest and first 1 km high building that begins this week in Saudi Arabia, it looks like it would not slow down in the foreseeable future.

The largest buildings in the world continue to grow and not just higher in the sky. They also expand in all directions on the ground.

architects continue to overcome structural hurdles and writing with innovative and groundbreaking designs history. Here are some of their greatest and greatest: the largest buildings in the world.

Boeing Everett Factory largest usable area according to volume

Location: Washington, Usagrund area: 398,000 m2 (4.3 million square foot) Volume: 13.3 million M3 (472 million cubic foot) year of construction: 1966

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This building claims to be the largest of the largest buildings in the world due to its huge volume. Some of the greatest aircraft that have ever been built are assembled here, such as the large -scale planes Boeing 747, 767, 777 and the new 787 Dreamliner.

The system was put into operation in 1967 to produce the first 747 jumbo jets. The factory is open to public tours seven days a week and houses six coffee stands, a bank and several cafés.

flower auction of the largest footprint on the floor

Location: Aalsmeer, Holland floor space: 518,000 m2 (5.6 million square foot) Year of construction: 1972

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flowers, really? Yes, really. If you consider that Holland is so small, you would not expect that there is space for such a large building. Here the employees drive through the system with over 270,000 trolleys.

The building contains 13 auction rooms and 40 auction watches. Good if you consider that around 20 million flowers are sold here every day.

New Century Global Center -largest building according to the base area

Location: Chengdu, Chinzrund area: 1,760,000 m2 (18,900,000 SQ FT) Volume: approx. 7.4 million M3 (260 million cubic foot) Year of construction: 2013

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Although it does not have the largest floor area on the floor (ie the largest area on the ground floor), this building in China has the largest total area when you add up all floors.

This multi -purpose building comes close to Dubais International Airport Terminal 3. In contrast to Dubai's terminal, this building is controversial.

Shortly before the opening, the owner was arrested for allegations of corruption, followed by the arrest of over 50 local government officials due to similar allegations. Large building, great corruption.

Burj Khalifah Über Wolkenkratzer

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates Höhe: 829.8 m (2,722 ft) year of construction: 2010

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What should you say about the highest “megatal” building in the world? Well, it stretches almost a Kilometer to heaven for the beginning. There are 211 floors and 58 elevators, it has a base area of ​​309,473 m2 (3,331,100 square foot) and has broken over 17 altitude records, including the highest nightclub and the highest restaurant in the world.

Unfortunately, only the second highest swimming pool in the world. At a price of $ 1.5 billion you really expect the highest swimming pool, right?

Tokyo Skytreehöcht self -supporting tower

Location: Tokyo, Japan height: 634m (2,080ft) Year of construction: 2011

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The opening day of Japan's largest building attracted tens of thousands of people. Unfortunately, the rainy conditions blocked the view from the viewing platform of the tower.

Strong winds also forced the shutdown of two elevators and had some visitors stuck on the viewing platform. Nevertheless, 1.6 million people visited SkyTree in the first week.

The height of 634 m (2,080 ft) was chosen so that it can be easily noticed. The numbers 6 (mu), 3 (Sa), 4 (Shi) stand for "Musashi", an old name of the region in which the Tokyo Skytree is today.

Shinsegae Centum City's largest department store

Location: Busan, South Koragrund area: 509,810 m2 (5,487,500 SQ FT) Year of construction: 2009

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This is my nightmares. The largest department store in the world (even greater than Macy’s in New York) has to hunt South Korea's husbands and friends.

The name Shinsegae literally means "new world" in Korean. The base area of ​​the building is larger than the international airport in Seoul. Terrible.

palace of the parliamentary largest parliament building

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location: Bucharest, Romania usable area: 330,000 m2 (3.55 million square foot) year of construction: 1997

The totalitarian Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu has planned huge areas of the capital of his country to make room for its crazy big plans. One of the few buildings actually completed was the Palatul Parlamentului, a multi -purpose building in which both chambers of the Romanian parliament are housed.

The building is the world's second largest civilian building with at least 1,100 rooms (according to the Pentagon in the USA).

Royal Palace of Madrid's largest royal palace

location: Madrid, floor space: 135,000 m2 (1,450,000 SQ FT) year of construction: 1755

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The palace is the official residence of the Spanish royal family, but is only used for state ceremonies. King Felipe VI. And instead, the royal family choose a stay in their more modest palace on the outskirts of Madrid. It has to be nice to have a selection of palaces.

The palace has 135,000 square meters (1,450,000 square foot) usable space and contains 3,418 rooms. Sometimes I prefer to stay in my more modest second home. It is my parents' house in Sussex and they have a garage. So there.

Abraj al Bait TowerShöchster Watch tower

Location: Mecca, Saudi Arabia Height: 601 m (1,972 ft) Year of construction: 2011

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With 601 meters, this is a very high building. In fact, it is the third highest building and the fourth highest free -standing building in the world. Put four watches on it and it will also be the highest clock tower in the world.

The building is part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project, a state megatal building complex that is only a few meters from the second largest mosque in the world and the most sacred site of Islam, the Kaaba, where Muslims take the Hajj pilgrimage.

Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) largest museum

location: Paris, Base Space: 210,000 m2 (2,260.421 SQ FT) Year of construction: At the end of the 12th century

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Almost 35,000 objects from the history to the 21st century are exhibited on an area of ​​60,600 m2 (652,300 SQ FT) in the iconic Louvre building on the bank of the Seine in Paris.

The Louvre is the most visited museum in the world with over 9.7 million visitors in 2012. Originally built as a fortress in the 12th century, it was set up as a museum in 1792. The Museum in Musée Napoléon was renamed Napoléon, but luckily the name did not change.

Angkor Wat largest religious structure of the world

Location: Province Siem Reap, Cambodic Foot area: 1.6 million M2 (17.5 million square foot) Year of construction: 12th century

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The Khmer king Suryavarman II was commissioned to honor this building complex to honor the Hindu god Vishnu in the capital of the Khmer Empire. It also served as its state stamp and later as a mausoleum.

Its composition wall measures 1,280 m (4,200 feet) and its population was over 80,000 before his task in 1432. Although it is not a unique building, this epic construction (which extends over at least 37 years) deserves at least a mention in this list.

Istanbul çağlayan judicial palace -largest courthouse

Location: Istanbul, Turkey floor area: 300,000 m2 (3.0 million square foot) year of construction: 2011

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Unfortunately, this great building, which was built as a symbol of hope and justice, made headlines only a few weeks ago because of a tragic hostage -taking in the Palace of Justice.

Two armed men took a leading prosecutor as hostage for several hours before the police stormed the building and killed both armed men. The prosecutor was sadly involved in the fight and later died of his injuries.

Ericsson globe -sized hemispherical building

location: Stockholm, Sweden Volume: 600,000 M3 (21 million cubic foot) year of construction: 1989

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This building is not only a national arena, it also represents the sun in the Swedish solar system and is therefore the largest hemispherical building in the world and part of the world's largest scale model in the solar system. The other elements of the solar system are represented by various structures that are scattered over all Swedes.

The inner planets can also be found in Stockholm, but the outer planets are located north in other cities along the Baltic Sea coast. The system is in a scale of 1:20 million if you want to build a larger one.

Now, greater than ever, this long -awaited revised edition of Judith Duprés Bestseller Wolkenkratzer is a huge celebration of today's most important superstructures. It has a completely new design with color photos, 10 new buildings and continuously informative updates.

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