The largest building in the world in terms of area and height

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

A building is one of those objects that can be built large-scale, tall, extended, majestic. It is not surprising that these buildings collect a large number of records. In the article we want to tell you about the largest buildings in the world, champions in various categories. And let's start, of course, with the tallest structure.

Tallest building

And this is the Burj Khalifa (Arabic برج خليفة‎). Other names: "Khalifa Tower", "Burj Dubai" ("Dubai Tower"). The height of the largest building in the world is 828 meters, 180 of which fall on the highest spire on the planet. It is located in the UAE, the city of Dubai.

How many floors does the world's largest building have? The building has 163 floors. The architectural solution of the champion is also interesting - in its form it resembles a stalagmite (a mineral formation on the vaults of caves). The building was opened not so long ago - January 4, 2010. Dedicated to the President of the United Arab Emirates - Khalifa bin Zayedan-Nahyan.

The largest building in the world was planned as a "city within a city" - with its parks, streets, lawns. Its cost is estimated at 1.5 billion dollars! It was developed by the American design bureau Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, known in the world for other high-profile projects. The author of the appearance of the building is E. Smith. The general contractor of the work is the construction branch of the Samsung Corporation (South Korea).

"Burj Khalifa" from the very beginning was planned as the largest building in the world. Therefore, in the projects, its final height was kept secret - in case of news about the construction of a higher structure, so that the parameters could be adjusted. Only at the opening of the skyscraper were its true dimensions announced.

The structure of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper

Let's see what the world's largest building is inside. By its main purpose it is a business center. Residential apartments, offices, hotels, shops are located here:

• Armani Hotel (designed by Giorgio Armani himself).
• 900 residential units.
• The entire 100th floor is the property of Indian millionaire B. R. Shetty.
• Office space, gyms, restaurants, jacuzzi observation floors.

What else makes the Burj Khalifa stand out?

Interestingly, the air circulating inside the building is not only cooled, but also flavored. The scent used was specially developed by perfumers for the Burj Khalifa.

Another amazing invention is the water collection system. As you know, rains in Dubai are rare. But the humid and hot climate makes it possible to organize the collection of condensate. The designed system helps to accumulate up to 40 million liters of water annually! Moisture is used for watering green spaces.

There are 57 elevators in the building, of which only the service one circulates from the first floor to the last. On others, you have to go up / down with transfers. Device speed - 10 m/s. In this, they are inferior to Taiwanese "Taipei 101" elevators, whose speed is 16.83 m/s.

Many travelers rave about the Dubai Fountain at the foot of the giant. It is illuminated by 6.6 thousand light sources, of which 50 are powerful spotlights. Jet height - up to 150 meters!

All Burj Khalifa records

What is the largest building in the world, we now know. Let's look at all his records:

• The tallest building, the tallest ground structure in modern times and in the history of mankind. Here, the Khalifa Tower overtook the Taipei 101 skyscraper, CN Tower, Warsaw Radio Mast, KVLY Mast.
• The house with the most floors.
• The highest elevator.
• The house with the highest floor.
• The highest observation deck is the 148th floor (555 meters).
• The highest restaurant in the building is on the 122nd floor.

Ranking of the tallest structures

Let's list the 10 biggestworld buildings and scale objects:

1. The already mentioned Burj Khalifa in the United Arab Emirates. Height - 828 meters.
2. Warsaw radio mast in Poland (Konstantinov) - pictured. Today it does not exist - it collapsed in 1991 during the procedure for replacing the guy. Height - 646.38 meters.
3. Tokyo Sky Tree in Japan. The concrete structure, 634 meters high, was erected in 2010.
4. Shanghai Tower skyscraper in China. Height - 632 meters.
5. KVLY-TV tower in Blanchard, United States. Height - 629 meters. Built in 1963.
6. Skyscraper "Abraj-al-Beit". 601 meters and 120 floors. Built in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) in 2012.
7. There are two candidates in place. This is a hyperboloid television tower "Guangzhou" 600 meters high, located in the city of the same name in China. As well as the international financial center "Pingan" (600 m), built last year also in China - the city of Shenzhen.
8. The skyscraper Lotte World Tower, erected in 2017 in Seoul (South Korea). Its height is 555 meters.
9. Concrete tower for sensors, observations "CN Tower" in Toronto (Canada). Was built in 1976. Height - 553 meters.
10. Skyscraper "Freedom Tower" (World Trade Center) in New York (USA). The height of the building is 541.3 meters.

The largest buildings in Russia

Speaking of giant buildings, let's also mention the Russian Federation - let's see what high-risethere are facilities on its territory:

1. Ostankino television tower (Moscow). Built in 1967. Height - 540, 1 m. The construction is a little short of the ten tallest buildings in the world - it is in the honorable eleventh place.
2. Boganid steel radio mast - 468 meters. Located on the 26th km of the highway "Alykel - Dudinka".
3. Skyscraper "Lakhta Center" in St. Petersburg. It will be put into operation this year. Its height is 463 meters. Number of floors - 100.
4. The skyscraper of the Moscow City complex - the Federation-East tower. Height - 374 meters. Number of floors - 97.
5. Chimney of Berezovskaya thermal power plant in Sharypovo. The height of the object is 370 meters.

Top 10 great buildings of yesteryear

Let's look at the buildings that once admired our ancestors with their majesty, amazing for past centuries:

1. Temple complex "Naval Hill" ("Potbellied Hill", "Gobekli Tepe"). Located in Turkey. The construction of the structure dates back to 10-8 thousand years BC. Found columns up to 9 meters high.
2. Jericho tower in Palestine, towering 8 meters. Built around 8-5 millennium BC
3. Ancient obelisk "Mengir Er-Grah" in Lokmaryaker (France). Erected in 5-4 thousand BC. e. The destruction of this 20-meter structure due to its own fall is also attributed to approximately the same time.
4. KurganNewgrange is 13.5 meters high. Erected in the 3rd, 6th-3rd millennium BC. e. in Ireland.
5. Karal pyramid in Peru. Its height is 26 meters. It is also the oldest building in South America (3-2, 7 thousand years BC)
6. Silberry Hill Mound in Great Britain, the highest in Europe - 40 m. Erected in 2, 75-2, 65 millennium BC.
7. Pyramid of Djoser in Egypt - 62 meters. The very first in ancient Egyptian culture - 2650-2620 BC.
8. Pyramid at Meidum with an original height of 93.5 meters. Today it rises to 65 m.
9. The Bent Pyramid in Jahshur (Egypt). Initially, the height was 104.7 meters. Today - 101 m.
10. Pink Egyptian pyramid - 109.5 meters. Today - 104 meters.

Future record holders

Photos of the largest buildings in the world will soon become completely different. After all, the following amazing projects are being prepared for implementation:

• Skyscraper in Dubai Creek Harbour. The 928-meter building is planned to be erected by 2020. The opening date of the tower is not accidental. In 2020, the UAE will host the international exhibition "Expo". Today the project is estimated at $1 billion. The design of the skyscraper is kept secret. It is only reported that the Babylonian Hanging Gardens, Islamic minarets and the Eiffel Tower will become a source of inspiration for the architects.
• The skyscraper Kingdom Tower in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) on the Red Sea. The design height of the building is 1007 meters. The cost of the idea is 1.23 billion dollars. Constructionthe world's first kilometer-high building is scheduled to be completed by 2020.
• Azerbaijan Tower on an artificial archipelago in Azerbaijan. The planned height is 1050 meters. It's 189 floors. Implementation of the project - 2015-2018 Opening of the complex - 2020.

Other giants

We mostly admire the height of buildings. But it is also interesting to know, for example, about the largest building in the world in terms of area. Your attention the following selection:

• The biggest office. Undoubtedly, this is the Pentagon. Its total area is 620 thousand m2. This is a kind of ring of five concentric 5-gons connected by 10 corridors. You can walk from one point to another in 7 minutes.
• The biggest terminal. Located at Dubai Airport. This is terminal number 3 - its area is 1.7 million m22.
• The biggest hotel. This is the Moscow complex "Izmailovo", consisting of five 30-storey buildings. About 15 thousand people can simultaneously live in 7500 rooms. The complex was built for the 1980 Olympics.
• The biggest mall. This is New South China Mall in China. Its area is about 660 thousand m22. Designed for 2500 pavilions, shops.
• The biggest factory. This is the Boeing factory building in Everett. The area is just under 400 thousand square meters.
• The biggest entertainment center. This is the Tropical Islands Resort water park near Berlin, opened in a converted hangar. Area - 70 000m2.
• The largest residential building. It is considered the Princess Tower skyscraper in Dubai. The height of the building is 414 meters, the total area is more than 171 thousand m22. The building has 763 apartments.
• The biggest own house. Such a structure is located in Mumbai (India). Height - 173 meters (27 floors). It is owned by the Indian billionaire M. Ambani, who is considered the richest man in the country. The building has its own theater, spa, swimming pools, hanging gardens, 9 elevators. Serve the house 600 people.
• The largest modern palace. Such an unusual title at the residence of Istana Nurul Iman of the Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. His palace has 1788 rooms and halls with a total area of 200 thousand m22.
• The biggest theatre. "Pearl on the Water" (National Performing Arts Theater) is located in China. Its area is 210 thousand m22. Designed for 6500 guests.
• The biggest museum. Undoubtedly, this is the Louvre, leading its history from the XII century. Its total area is over 160,000 square meters, 58,000 of which are given over to the exposition. And there are more than 35 thousand exhibits here!
• The biggest stadium. "First of May" in Pyongyang, which can accommodate more than 150,000 spectators.

Could be the tallest…

The failed project of the largest administrative building in the world was the Al-Burj skyscraper ("Nahil", "Nakhil"), which was planned to be built near the Burj Dubai (UAE).

The height of the giant was supposed to be 1.4 km, and the number of floors - 228! Construction should also be completed by 2020. However, the project was canceled in 2009 due to its high cost during the global financial crisis.

This concludes the story about record-breaking buildings. As you now know, there are a lot of impressive structures both in the past and in the present.