List of largest buildings in the world

The three lists in this article rank buildings from around the world by usable space (volume), footprint on the ground (area), and floor space (area), respectively. The term "building" used by these lists refers to single structures that are suitable for continuous human occupancy. There are a few exceptions which include factories and warehouses.

The Aerium near Berlin is the largest uninterrupted volume in the world, with Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington, United States the largest building in the world by volume and the Aalsmeer Flower Auction Building in Aalsmeer, Netherlands the largest in area footprint, while the New Century Global Center in Chengdu is the largest building in terms of total floor area.^[1] The surface area of the proposed Crystal Island complex in Moscow, Russia, is more than double that of the largest current building, though this project has been delayed by the global economic crisis.^[2]

Largest usable space

Boeing's Everett factory seen in 2011

Aerium, Germany

Tropical Islands Dome in Brand - Bird’s-eye view - inside -

This list ranks the buildings throughout the world with the largest usable space sorted by volume.

	Name	Location	Floor area	Volume	Description	Source
1	Boeing Everett Factory	Everett, Washington	398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft)	13.3 million m³ (472 million cu ft)	Boeing's assembly site for a selection of the company's largest aircraft, originally built for construction of the 747.	[3]
2	Target Import Warehouse	Savannah, Georgia	187,664 m² (2,020,000 sq ft)	7.43 million m³ (262.4 million cu ft)	Built to distribute imported product to internal Target distribution centers.
3	Jean-Luc Lagardère Plant	Toulouse-Blagnac	122,500 m² (1,320,000 sq ft)	5.6 million m³ (199 million cu ft)	The assembly hall of the Airbus A380, the world's largest airliner.	[4]
4	Aerium	Halbe, Brandenburg	70,000 m² (753,000 sq ft)	5.2 million m³ (184 million cu ft)	A hangar originally intended to house the construction of a giant airship, this building now houses an indoor theme park, called Tropical Islands Resort.	[5]
5	Meyer Werft Dockhalle 2	Papenburg, Niedersachsen	63,000 m² (678,000 sq ft)	4.72 million m³ (167 million cu ft)	Dry dock for construction of cruise ships.	[6]
6	NASA Vehicle Assembly Building	Brevard County, Florida	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.	[7]
7	The O2 Arena	London	104,634 m^2 (1,126,270 sq ft)	2.79 million m³ (98.6 million cu ft)	An exhibition centre designed for the millennium and converted into an entertainment centre.	[8]
8	Tesco Ireland Distribution Centre	Donabate, Fingal	80,194 m² (863,201 sq ft)	1.55 million m³ (54.83 million cu ft)	Large dry grocery distribution centre near Dublin. Opened in 2007 at a cost of €70 million.	[9][10] [11][12]
9	Austal USA (Module Manufacturing Facility)	Mobile, Alabama	68,250 m² (734,637 sq ft)	1.365 million m³ (48.204 million cu ft)	The facility is capable of constructing six large aluminum vessels such as the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and/or Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) per year.	[13]
10	Hanover Fairground (Halls 3–9)	Mittelfeld, Hannover	114,535 m²	1.15 million m³	Largest exhibition ground in the world with 27 halls. Halls 1–2 and 10–27 are in separate adjacent buildings.	[14]
11	National Exhibition Centre (Halls 1-5)	Birmingham, West Midlands	186,000 m²	1.14 million m³	Large exhibition centre southeast of Birmingham. Halls 6-20 are in a separate building.	[15]

Largest footprint

This list ranks the buildings throughout the world with the largest footprint on the ground.

	Name	Location	Footprint	Length × width	Description	Map
1	Aalsmeer Flower Auction	Aalsmeer	518,000 m²	740 m x 700 m	The auction building of the flower auction in Aalsmeer.
2	Tesla Factory	Fremont, California	510,000 m²		The principal production facility of Tesla Motors
3	Boeing Everett Factory	Everett, Washington	398,000 m²	900 m x 495 m	Boeing's assembly site for a selection of the company's largest aircraft, originally built for construction of the 747.
4	John Deere North American Parts Distribution Center	Milan, Illinois	2,650,000 sq ft (246,000 m^2)		Distribution warehouse for John Deere parts.[16]
5	Mitsubishi Motors North America	Normal, Illinois	220,000 m²	920 m x 200 m	Assembles the Mitsubishi Outlander
6	Belvidere Assembly Plant	Belvidere, Illinois	210,000 m²	700 m x 300 m	Assembles the Dodge Dart, Jeep Patriot, and Jeep Compass.
7	New Century Global Centre	Chengdu	200,000 m²	500 m x 400 m	"The Global Centre will be home to business offices, hotels, theaters, high-end shopping malls, a faux Mediterranean village, family-themed attractions, university complexes and more."[17]
8	Target Import Warehouse	Lacey, Washington	159,000 m²	1,060 m x 150 m	Built to distribute imported product to internal Target distribution centers.
9	Jean-Luc Lagardère Plant	Toulouse-Blagnac	122,500 m²	470 m x 270 m	The assembly hall of the Airbus A380, the world's largest Airliner.
10	Amazon Distribution Center	Schertz, Texas	117,450 m^2 (1,264,200 sq ft)	675 m x 174 m	Built to distribute products to Amazon customers
11	Lauma Fabrics	Liepāja, Latvia	115,645 m^2 (1,244,790 sq ft)	229 m x 505 m	Lauma Fabrics is a manufacturing company which produces raw materials for lingerie production.
12	The O2	London	104,634 m^2 (1,126,270 sq ft)	365 m diameter	An exhibition and entertainment centre.
13	Amazon.com Logistics Centre	Bad Hersfeld, Hessen	89,380 m²	410 m x 218 m	Logistics center and warehouse for Amazon.com.

Largest floor area

Concourse B part of Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport

Berjaya Times Square

The Pentagon

The Renaissance Center in Detroit

CentralWorld

Ōsaka Station City

The Venetian Macao

This list ranks the top buildings throughout the world with the largest amount of floor area.

#	Name	Location	Floor area	Source/notes
1	New Century Global Center	Chengdu	1,760,000 m^2 (18,900,000 sq ft)	[18][19]
2	Dubai International Airport Terminal 3	Dubai	1,713,000 m^2 (18,440,000 sq ft)	[1]
3	Abraj Al-Bait Endowment	Mecca	1,575,815 m^2 (16,961,930 sq ft)	[20]
4	CentralWorld	Bangkok	1,024,000 m^2 (11,020,000 sq ft)
5	Aalsmeer Flower Auction	Aalsmeer	990,000 m^2 (10,700,000 sq ft)	[21]
6	Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3	Beijing	986,000 m^2 (10,610,000 sq ft)	[22]
7	The Venetian Macao	Macau	980,000 m^2 (10,500,000 sq ft)	[23]
8	Sands Cotai Central	Macau	890,000 m^2 (9,600,000 sq ft)	[24]
9	Berjaya Times Square	Kuala Lumpur	700,000 m^2 (7,500,000 sq ft)	[25]
10	Central Park Jakarta Complex	Jakarta	660,000 m^2 (7,100,000 sq ft)
11	The Palazzo	Las Vegas, Nevada	645,581 m^2 (6,948,980 sq ft)	[26]
12	Grand Indonesia	Jakarta	640,000 m^2 (6,900,000 sq ft)
13	The Pentagon	Arlington County, Virginia	610,000 m^2 (6,600,000 sq ft)	[27][28]
14	K-25	Tennessee	609,000 m^2 (6,560,000 sq ft)	Demolished by the end of 2013.[29]
15	United States Air Force Plant 4	Texas	603,870 m^2 (6,500,000 sq ft)	[30]
16	Amsterdam Airport Schiphol	Amsterdam	600,000 m^2 (6,500,000 sq ft)	[31][32]
17	Marina Bay Sands	Singapore	581,400 m^2 (6,258,000 sq ft)	[33]
18	Keangnam Hanoi Landmark Tower	Vietnam	580,000 m^2 (6,200,000 sq ft)
19	Hong Kong International Airport Terminal 1	Hong Kong	570,000 m^2 (6,100,000 sq ft)	[34]
20	Suvarnabhumi Airport	Samut Prakan	563,000 m^2 (6,060,000 sq ft)	[35]
21	ATL Logistics Centre, Centre B	Hong Kong	550,000 m^2 (5,900,000 sq ft)	[36]
22	Barcelona Airport Terminal 1	Barcelona	546,000 m^2 (5,880,000 sq ft)	[37]
23	Mexico City International Airport Terminal 1	Mexico City	544,000 m^2 (5,860,000 sq ft)
24	Osaka Station City	Umeda, Osaka	530,000 m^2 (5,700,000 sq ft)
25	Renaissance Center	Detroit	515,000 m^2 (5,540,000 sq ft)	[38][39]
26	Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3	Delhi	502,000 m^2 (5,400,000 sq ft)	[40]
27	Incheon International Airport	Seoul	496,000 m^2 (5,340,000 sq ft)	[41]
28	Chrysler Headquarters and Technology Center	Detroit	490,000 m^2 (5,300,000 sq ft)	[42]
29	Barajas Airport Terminal 4 main building	Madrid	470,000 m^2 (5,100,000 sq ft)
30	Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminal 1	Mississauga	464,000 m^2 (4,990,000 sq ft)
31	Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Terminal 2	Mumbai	450,000 m^2 (4,800,000 sq ft)
32	Persian Gulf Complex (Persian: مجتمع خلیج فارس‎‎, mojtama'e Khalij-e Fars)	Shiraz	444,000 m^2 (4,780,000 sq ft)	[43]
33	Narita International Airport Terminal 1	Narita	440,000 m^2 (4,700,000 sq ft)	[44]
34	Mid Valley Megamall	Kuala Lumpur	420,000 m^2 (4,500,000 sq ft)	[45]
35	Willis Tower	Chicago	418,000 m^2 (4,500,000 sq ft)	[46]
36	USAA McDermott Building	San Antonio	414,642 m^2 (4,463,170 sq ft)	[47]
37	Taipei 101	Taipei	412,500 m^2 (4,440,000 sq ft)	[48]
38	Nagoya Station	Nagoya	410,000 m^2 (4,400,000 sq ft)	[49]
39	Boeing Plant	Everett	398,000 m^2 (4,280,000 sq ft)	[3]
40	Yokohama Landmark Tower	Yokohama	392,885 m^2 (4,228,980 sq ft)	[50]
41	CCTV Headquarters	Beijing	389,079 m^2 (4,188,010 sq ft)	[51]
42	Mori Tower	Tokyo	380,105 m^2 (4,091,420 sq ft)	[52]
43	Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 3	Singapore	380,000 m^2 (4,100,000 sq ft)	[53]
44	Shanghai Tower	Shanghai	380,000 m^2 (4,100,000 sq ft)	[54]
45	Shanghai World Financial Center	Shanghai	377,300 m^2 (4,061,000 sq ft)	[55]
46	Merchandise Mart	Chicago	372,000 m^2 (4,000,000 sq ft)	[56]
47	Burj Khalifa	Dubai	309,473 m^2 (3,331,140 sq ft)	[57]

Special categories

Ericsson Globe

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

Type of building	Name	Location	Floor area	Volume
Department store	Shinsegae Centum City[58]	Busan	509,810 m^2 (5,487,500 sq ft)
Industrial building	Boeing Everett Factory	Everett, Washington	398,000 m² (4.3 million sq ft)	13.3 million m^3 (472 million cubic ft)
Parliament	Palace of the Parliament[59]	Bucharest	365,000 m² (3.93 million sq ft)	2.55 million m³ (90 million cu ft)
Bus depot	Millennium Park Bus Depot	Delhi	305,265 m² (3.6 million sq ft)
Courthouse	Istanbul Çağlayan Justice Palace	Istanbul	300,000 m² (3.0 million sq ft)
Bus terminal	Tel Aviv Central Bus Station	Tel Aviv	230,000 m2 (2.5 million sq ft)
Museum	Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre)	Paris	210,000 m² (2,260,421 sq ft)
Current royal residence	Istana Nurul Iman	Bandar Seri Begawan	200,000 m² (2,152,782 sq ft)
Royal palace	Royal Palace of Madrid	Madrid	135,000 m² (1,450,000 sq ft)
Shipbuilding hall	Meyer Werft Dockhalle 2	Papenburg	63,000 m² (678,000 sq ft)	4.72 million m³ (167 million cu ft)
Hemispherical building	Ericsson Globe[60]	Stockholm		600,000 m³ (21 million cu ft)

See also

• List of largest shopping malls in the world
• List of tallest buildings in the world
• Great Wall of China - largest structure ever bulit

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