List of largest buildings
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use dmy dates 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.
The Aerium near Berlin, Germany is the largest uninterrupted volume in the world, while Boeing's factory in Everett, Washington, United States is the world's largest building by volume. The AvtoVAZ main assembly building in Tolyatti, Russia is the largest building in area footprint. The New Century Global Center in Chengdu, China is the largest building in terms of total floor area.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Due to the incomplete nature of this list, buildings are not ranked.
Largest usable volume
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Boeing's Everett factory seen in 2011
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The interior of the Tropical Islands Dome in Brandenburg, housed inside the Aerium
Buildings around the world with the largest usable space, sorted by volume, having a volume of at least Template:Cvt:
| Name | Country and territory | Built | Place | Floor area | Volume | Description | Source |
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| Boeing Everett Factory | Template:Country data United States | 1967 | Everett, Washington | Template:Convert | 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. | [1] |
| Gigafactory Texas | Template:Country data United States | 2022 | Austin, Texas | Template:Convert | 9.57 million m3 (338 million cu ft) | Tesla's Gigafactory Giga Texas is 16 city blocks long with a length of Template:Convert. | [2][3] |
| Jean-Luc Lagardère Plant | Template:Country data France | 2004 | Toulouse-Blagnac | Template:Convert | 5.6 million m3 (199 million cu ft) | The assembly hall of the Airbus A380, the world's largest airliner. | [4] |
| Aerium | Template:Country data Germany | 1999–2000 | Halbe, Brandenburg | Template:Convert | 5.2 million m3 (184 million cu ft) | A hangar originally intended to house the construction of a giant airship, this building now houses the indoor theme park Tropical Islands Resort. | [5] |
| Meyer Werft Dockhalle 2 | Template:Country data Germany | Papenburg, Niedersachsen | Template:Convert | 4.72 million m3 (167 million cu ft) | Dry dock for construction of cruise ships. | [6] | |
| Boeing Composite Wing Center | Template:Country data United States | 2014–2016[7] | Everett, Washington | Template:Convert | 3.7 million m3 (131 million cu ft) | Boeing's assembly site for the production of composite wings for the 777-8 and 777-9. | [8] |
| Inex Sipoo | Template:Country data Finland | 2018 | Sipoo | Template:Convert | 3.5 million m3 (130 million cu ft) | Large grocery distribution center, completed in 2018. Expansion to the distribution center completed in 2020. | [9][10] |
| NASA Vehicle Assembly Building | Template:Country data United States | 1966 | Kennedy Space Center, Florida | Template:Convert | 3.66 million m3 (130 million cu ft) | Originally built to enable simultaneous assembly and shelter for four Saturn V rockets. | [11] |
| The O2 | Template:Country data United Kingdom | 1999 | London | Template:Convert | 2.79 million m3 (98.6 million cu ft) | Originally the Millennium Dome designed for London's millennium celebrations and since converted into an entertainment centre. | [12] |
| The Palace of Parliament | Template:Country data Romania | 1984-1997 | Bucharest | Template:Convert | 2.55 million m3 (90 million cu ft) | Heaviest building in the world; accommodating the two houses of the Parliament of Romania: the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, along with three museums and an international conference center. | [2-b] |
| Goodyear Airdock | Template:Country data United States | 1929 | Akron, Ohio | 34 000 m2 (364,000 sq ft) | 1.55 million m3 (55 million cu ft) | Airship Hangar for the Goodyear Company, at one time the largest building in the world without interior supports. | [13] |
| Tesco Donabate Distribution Centre | Template:Country data Ireland | 2007 | Donabate, Fingal | Template:Convert | 1.55 million m3 (54.83 million cu ft) | Large dry grocery distribution center near Dublin. Opened in 2007 at a cost of €70 million. | [14][15][16][17] |
| Target Import Warehouse | Template:Country data United States | 2006 | Savannah, Georgia | Template:Convert | 1.5 million m3 (52.97 million cu ft) | Built to distribute imported product to internal Target distribution centers. | |
| Austal USA (Module Manufacturing Facility) | Template:Country data United States | Mobile, Alabama | Template:Convert | 1.365 million m3 (48.204 million cu ft) | The facility is capable of constructing six large aluminium vessels such as the US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and/or Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) per year. | [18] | |
| Bielefeld University (main building) | Template:Country data Germany | Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia | Template:Convert | 1.2 million m3 (42.378 million cu ft) | Modernist university building (built 1970–1976) aspiring to bring all faculties together into one huge building. | [19][20] | |
| Hanover Fairground (Halls 3–9) | Template:Country data Germany | Hannover, Niedersachsen | Template:Convert | 1.15 million m3 (40.612 million cu ft) | Largest exhibition ground in the world with 27 halls. Halls 1–2 and 10–27 are in separate adjacent buildings. | ||
| National Exhibition Centre (Halls 1–5) | Template:Country data United Kingdom | Solihull, West Midlands | Template:Convert | 1.14 million m3 (40.259 million cu ft) | Large exhibition centre southeast of Birmingham. Halls 6–20 are in a separate building. | [21] | |
| 2800 Polar Way | Template:Country data United States | 2015 | Richland, Washington | Template:Convert | 1.029 million m3 (36.241 million cu ft) | Built-to-suit by Holliday Fenoglio Fowler (HFF)[22] and constructed by Victory Unlimited Construction[23] for Preferred Freezer Services[24] as the world's largest refrigerated warehouse, Template:Convert,[25] and largest automated freezer.[23] | [22][23][24][25][26][27] [28][29] |
| Hangar One | Template:Country data United States | 1933 | Moffett Federal Airfield, Mountain View, California | Template:Convert | 1 million m3 (35 million cu ft) | A naval airship hangar opened in 1933 as the hangar for the rigid airship Template:USS. The hangar measures Template:Convert long, Template:Convert wide, with a peak of Template:Convert high. | [30] |
Largest floor area
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Special categories
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See also
- List of largest office buildings
- List of largest shopping malls
- List of tallest buildings
- List of largest mosques
- List of skyscrapers by floor area
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