The largest building in the world in area and height

The building is one of those objects that can be erected on a large-scale, high, long, 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 we begin, of course, with the highest structure.

The highest 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 are on the highest spire on the planet. It is located in the UAE, the city of Dubai.

How many floors in the largest building in the world? The building has 163 floors. The architectural decision of the champion is also interesting - in its form it resembles stalagmite (mineral formation on the cave arches). The building was opened not so long ago - January 4, 2010. Dedicated to the President of the United Arab Emirates - Khalifa Ibn Zayed Al-Nahyan.

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

The Burj Khalifa was planned from the very beginning 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-rise structure, so that you can adjust the parameters. Only at the opening of the skyscraper announced its true size.

The structure of the skyscraper "Burj Khalifa"

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

• Hotel Armani (designed by Giorgio Armani himself).
• 900 residential apartments.
• The entire hundredth floor is the property of a millionaire from India, B. R. Shetti.
• Office rooms, gyms, restaurants, observation floors with a jacuzzi.

What else stands out "Burj Khalifa"?

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

Another amazing invention is the water collection system. As you know, rains in Dubai are rare. But a 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 to water green spaces.

The building has 57 elevators, of which only the service circulates from the first floor to the last. On others you have to climb / descend with transfers. The speed of the devices is 10 m / s. In this, they are inferior to the elevators of the Taiwanese "Taipei 101", whose speed is 16.83 m / s.

Many travelers are enthusiastic about the Dubai Fountain at the foot of the giant. 6.6 thousand light sources illuminate it, of which 50 are powerful searchlights. The height of the jets is up to 150 meters!

All records of the skyscraper "Burj Khalifa"

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

• The highest building, the highest ground structure in modernity and throughout the history of mankind. Here, the Caliph Tower overtook the Taipei 101 skyscraper, CN Tower, the Warsaw radio mast, and the KVLY mast.
• The house with the highest number of floors.
• The highest elevator.
• House with the highest floor.
• The highest observation deck is the 148th floor (555 meters).
• The highest restaurant in the building is the 122nd floor.

Rating of the highest buildings

Here is a list of the 10 largest buildings in the world and large-scale objects:

1. The already mentioned Burj Khalifa skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates. Height - 828 meters.
2. Warsaw radio mast in Poland (Konstantinov) - in the photo. Today it does not exist - collapsed in 1991 during the procedure for replacing a guy line. Height - 646.38 meters.
3. Tokyo Sky Tree TV Tower in Japan. A concrete structure with a height of 634 meters was erected in 2010.
4. Skyscraper "Shanghai Tower" in China. Height - 632 meters.
5. KVLY-TV Broadcast 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. Two candidates are in place. This is the hyperboloid TV tower "Guangzhou" with a height of 600 meters, located in the eponymous city of China. As well as the financial international center Pinan (600 m), built last year also in China - the city of Shenzhen.
8. 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). It 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, we also mention the Russian Federation - let's see what high-rise buildings are on its territory:

1. Ostankino television tower (Moscow). Built in 1967. Height - 540.1 m. The construction does not reach the tens of the tallest buildings in the world a little - it is in the honorable eleventh place.
2. Boganidskaya steel radio mast - 468 meters. It is located on the 26th km of the Alykel-Dudinka highway.
3. Skyscraper "Lakhta Center" in St. Petersburg. It will be put into operation this year. Its height is 463 meters. The number of floors is 100.
4. The skyscraper of the Moscow City complex is the Federation East Tower. Height - 374 meters. The number of floors is 97.
5. Smokestack of the Berezovsky thermal power plant in Sharypovo. The height of the object is 370 meters.
   

Ten majestic structures of past years

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

1. Temple complex "Umbilical Hill" ("Belly Hill", "Gebekli Tepe"). Located in Turkey. The construction of the building dates back to 10-8 thousand years BC. Found columns up to 9 meters high.
2. The Jericho Tower in Palestine, rising 8 meters. Built around 8-5 millennium BC.
3. The ancient obelisk "Menhir Er-Grah" in Lokmakeryer (France). Built in 5-4 thousand BC. e. Around the same time, the destruction of this 20-meter structure due to its own fall is also attributed.
4. Newgrange Barrow 13.5 meters high. Built in the 3.6-3 millennium BC. e. in Ireland.
5. The Caral Pyramid in Peru. Its height is 26 meters. It is also the most ancient building of South America (3-2.7 thousand years BC)
6. Silberry Hill mound in the UK, the highest in Europe - 40 m. It was erected in the 2.75-2.65 millennium BC.
7. Djoser's pyramid in Egypt - 62 meters. The very first in ancient Egyptian culture - 2650-2620 BC.
8. The pyramid in Medum with an initial height of 93.5 meters. Today it rises to 65 m.
9. Broken 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 champions

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 at Dubai Creek Harbor. 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 valued at $ 1 billion. The design of the skyscraper is kept secret. It is only reported that the source of inspiration for architects will be the Babylonian Hanging Gardens, Islamic minarets and the Eiffel Tower.
• 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. The construction of the first kilometer-tall building in the world is planned to be completed by 2020.
• Azerbaijan Tower on the artificial archipelago in Azerbaijan. The planned height is 1050 meters. It is 189 floors. Implementation of the project - 2015-2018. The opening of the complex is 2020.

Other giants

Basically, we used to admire the height of the buildings. But it is also interesting to learn, for example, about the largest building in the world by area. Your attention the following selection:

• The largest office. Surely this is the Pentagon. Its total area is 620 thousand m ² . This is a peculiar ring of five concentric 5-gons connected by 10 corridors. From one point to another you can walk in 7 minutes.
• The largest terminal. Located at Dubai Airport. This is terminal No. 3 - its area is 1.7 million m ² .
• The biggest hotel. This is the Moscow Izmailovo complex, which consists of five 30-story buildings. In 7500 rooms at the same time can accommodate about 15 thousand people. The complex was built back to the 1980 Olympics.
• The largest shopping center. This is the New South China Mall in China. Its area is about 660 thousand m ² . Designed for 2500 pavilions, shops.
• The largest factory. This is a Boeing factory building in Everett. Area - a little less than 400 thousand square meters.
• The largest entertainment center. This is a water park Tropical Islands Resort near Berlin, opened in a converted hangar. Area - 70,000 m ² .
• The largest residential building. It is considered the skyscraper Princess Tower in Dubai. The height of the building is 414 meters, the total area is more than 171 thousand m ² . The house has 763 apartments.
• The largest private house. Such a structure is located in Mumbai (India). Height - 173 meters (27 floors). It is the property of 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. The house is served by 600 people.
• The largest modern palace. Such an unusual title at the residence Istana Nurul Iman of the Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. In his palace there are 1788 rooms and halls with a total area of ​​200 thousand m ² .
• The biggest theater. The Pearl of the Water (National Performing Arts Theater) is located in China. Its area is 210 thousand m ² . Designed for 6500 guests.
• The largest museum. Undoubtedly, this is the Louvre, leading its history from the XII century. Its total area is more than 160 thousand square meters, 58 thousand of which are given for exposition. And the exhibits themselves are more than 35 thousand!
• The largest stadium. "May Day" in Pyongyang, which can accommodate more than 150,000 spectators.

Could be the highest ...

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

The height of the giant was 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 in the context of the global financial crisis.

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