Largest Building In The World By Floor Space

This multi purpose building narrowly pips dubai s international airport terminal 3 building to the title.

Largest building in the world by floor space.

The giant utilitarian buildings that take up space on the ground are with a couple of interesting exceptions. Despite not having the largest footprint on the ground i e. The pentagon is the world s largest office building with about 6 500 000 sq ft 600 000 m2 of which 3 700 000 sq ft 340 000 m2 are used as offices. When someone asks which is the largest building in the world you may wonder if the person asking means the tallest or the one with the greatest floor space.

The new century global complex is a multi purpose building located in chengdu china. With a floor area of 18 9 million square feet the new century global complex is the largest building in the world by floor area. 1 185 000 m 12 76 million sq ft t he terminal 3 at dubai international airport spread across an area of 12 76 million sq ft is the world s largest building in terms of floor space. The avtovaz main assembly building in tolyatti russia is the largest building in area footprint.

Largest space at ground level this building in china has the largest total floor space once you count up all the floors. We ll discuss both here as both massive structures can leave one in awe. Photo by marqua1 via flickr 2. The art deco structure is located at the junction of the chicago river s branches.

The merchandise mart or the merch mart or the mart is a commercial building located in downtown chicago illinois. Terminal 3 is the largest building in the world by floor space with over 1 185 000 m 2 293 acres of space currently capable of handling 27 million passengers in a year. This is the building complex located in mecca in saudi arabia which is constructed started in 2004. When it was opened in 1930 it was the largest building in the world with 4 million square feet 372 000 m 2 of floor space.

The new century global centre in chengdu takes the top spot and again it s a multi use building and is the world s largest when measured by floor space. Once fully operational terminal 3 will have an annual capacity of 43 million passengers. Abraj al bait towers 1 500 000 m.