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Buildings around the world listed by usable space (volume), footprint (area), and floor space (area) comprise single structures that are suitable for continuous human occupancy. There are, however, some exceptions , including factories and warehouses.
This list of skyscrapers by floor area includes the largest skyscrapers in the world, measured in square meters (m 2) and square feet (sq ft). To qualify as a skyscraper, a structure must be self-supporting, without relying on tension cables or external supports for stability, and must reach a minimum height of 150 meters (492 feet).
Largest office buildings by total area Building City Country Floor area (m 2) Height (ft) Height (m) Floors Year Employees Surat Diamond Bourse: Surat, Gujarat India: 660,000 268 81.9 15 2023 65,000 [1] The Pentagon: Arlington, Virginia United States: 620,000 77 23.5 7 1943 26,000 [2] Chrysler World Headquarters and Technology Center: Auburn ...
The trading center’s architects say it comprises over 7.1 million square feet of floor space, which would mean it has surpassed the Pentagon as the world’s largest office building.
The world's largest functioning residential palace is the Istana Nurul Iman in Brunei, with 200,000 square metres (2,200,000 sq ft) of floor space and contains 1,788 rooms. The building also has 257 bathrooms, a banqueting hall that can seat 5,000 guests, a garage that can fit 110 cars, five swimming pools, and an air-conditioned stable that ...
In contrast, the Chrysler Building employed a very large 38.1 m (125 ft) spire secretly assembled inside the building to claim the title of world's tallest building with a total height of 318.9 m (1,046 ft), although it had a lower top occupied floor and a shorter height when both buildings' spires were excluded.
New Century Global Center (Chinese: 新世纪环球中心) is a multipurpose building complex in Tianfu New Area, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It is the world's largest building in terms of floor area. [3] It is served by Jincheng Plaza station of Line 1 of the Chengdu Metro. Night view of Global Center
The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space. [1] [2] The Art Deco structure is at the junction of the Chicago River's branches.