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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 The Octagon: New Administrative Capital Egypt: 4,700,000 [1] N/A: N/A: 5 under construction Surat Diamond Bourse: Surat, Gujarat India: 660,000 268 81.9 15 2023 65,000 [2] The Pentagon: Arlington, Virginia United States ...
At 75 stories, the JPMorgan Chase Tower is the tallest building in Texas, but what really sets it apart is that it's the tallest five-sided building in the world. The 60th-floor observatory ...
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 ...
This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes. [1]
A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors [1] and is taller than approximately 150 m (492 ft). [2] Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in the 1880s.