The largest skyscraper in the world. The tallest building in the world
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To have something to compare When talking about large areas, they are often compared to a football field. This is convenient, but not always accurate, as it often forgets to indicate what size field is meant. We will not measure the buildings in our selection of football fields, but to make it easier for you to imagine their scale, we indicate here that the world's main football organization FIFA recommends that matches be played on a 7,140 sq. m (i.e. 0.714 ha) and 105 × 68 m in size. Here we will give two other landmarks: Red Square in Moscow has an area of approximately 2.5 hectares (approximately 330 × 75 m), and Palace Square in St. Petersburg - 5.4 hectares. Recall that there are 10,000 square meters in one hectare. |
By volume
Here the undisputed leader is the plant of the company Boeing in Everett, pc. Washington (USA). Its volume is 13,385,378 cubic meters. m, and the area - 399,480 sq. m (number three in the world in terms of base area). This giant, almost a kilometer long, 500 meters wide and five-story house high (to accommodate more than 20-meter keels of airliners and still have room) was built in 1966-1968, when Boeing started producing Boeing 747. Even today, the largest aircraft of the company are assembled there, and many pieces at the same time. Up to 30 thousand people work at the plant under the light of one million lamps.
“This building is so large that clouds gather under the roof and from them it's raining", - say on the Internet. This is a myth: the building is well ventilated, and despite Washington State's humid and cool climate, advanced modern airliners assemble in dry and fairly comfortable conditions.
Number two in the world in terms of volume is the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca: almost half that in volume, about 8 million cubic meters. But number three (5.6 million cubic meters) is also an aircraft plant, and it belongs to the main competitor Boeing, companies Airbus. At the factory named after Jean-Luc Lagardaire in Toulouse (France) they assemble the largest airliner in the world - A380.
Al-Haram Mosque can hold up to 4 million people during Hajj
Worthy of special mention Aereum- a hangar built in the mid-1990s by a German company Cargolifter AG 50 km south of Berlin for the construction of airships. This dome, 360 × 210 meters in size and up to 107 m high (it will easily fit St. Basil's Cathedral from Red Square - with all the turrets, domes and basement, and there will still be room) covers the world's largest undivided space - a volume of 5.2 million cubic meters. Business Cargolifter AG did not go, so in 2004 a year-round tropical theme park with groves, ponds and waterfalls. It is called Tropical Island Resort.
The park is open around the clock - you can stay there even for the night
By area on a piece of land
Here we are talking about how much land the building occupies. According to this indicator, number one - Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer, a building in the Dutch city of Aalsmeer, where a flower auction is held every morning from Monday to Friday. Millions of flowers from all over the world are brought annually to this 700 x 750 m structure with an area (on the surface) of half a million square meters, most resembling a warehouse about two stories high. Here they are sold, bought and immediately set off again, since the Amsterdam airport is nearby and the seaports are nearby.
About 20 million flowers pass through this building every day.
Number two - with a slight lag - the automaker's factory Tesla in Fremont, pcs. California: about 427 thousand square meters m. In general, among the largest buildings in terms of area on the surface there are a lot of logistics centers and warehouses. The top ten largest facilities in the world by this indicator, in addition to those mentioned, also include logistics centers Michelin, Nike and John Deere(all in USA). This is logical: products that are ready to be shipped around the world are easiest to place just in such long and flat spaces.
By total floor area
Unlike the previous paragraph, this takes into account the area of \u200b\u200ball the premises of the structure. And Asia is the leader here: the largest building in the world by this indicator is located in China, in the city of Chengdu. This is the Global Center New Age» with an area of about 1.76 million sq. m. For comparison: the total area of the premises of the Aviapark shopping center, one of the largest in Moscow, is about 460 thousand square meters. m. The length of the "New Age" is 500 meters, the width is 400 meters, the height is 100 meters, and inside, in addition to cinema shops and hotels, there are also offices, a center contemporary art and a water park with an artificial beach (sunrises and sunsets are depicted by giant screens).
The cyclopean complex in the new area of Chengdu was built in three years - from 2010 to 2013
The main competitors of such complexes around the world are airports. So, number two in terms of total area of premises is the terminal of the 3rd Dubai International Airport in the UAE with an indicator of 1.71 million square meters. m. It was built with the expectation of serving up to 43 million people (this is more than the entire Sheremetyevo Airport in 2017), despite the fact that only two airlines use the terminal - the local Emirates and Australian Qantas. Another top ten (in sixth position) is Beijing Capital Airport Terminal 3 (also known as Beijing Capital). It is noteworthy that the leader in the previous category - the flower auction building in Aalsmeer - entered the top five in this one too: the usable area of the building is almost twice as large as the area on the surface - 990,000 thousand square meters. m.
Special categories
Speaking of the most large buildings and buildings in the world, it is impossible not to mention a few more. Let's say - the largest structure ever built on the planet, stretching for 9 thousand kilometers through China (its total length - with all branches - is even more: 21 thousand kilometers).
Most high building on the planet today is the 828-meter Burj Khalifa in Dubai (UAE).
Apparently, the Burj Khalifa skyscraper does not have long to carry the honorary title of the tallest building in the world: in 2020, in the same emirate of Dubai, it is planned to open a building 100 meters higher. And if everything goes according to plan, then at the other end Arabian Peninsula, in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) in the same year, a tower with a height of 1004 meters will be completed
The heaviest building in the world - to readers Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest (Romania). It weighs over 4 billion kilograms. It was laid in 1984 by order of the dictator Ceausescu in the center of Bucharest, destroying a significant part of the historical buildings of the city and even tearing down the hill, and it took more than ten years to build. Today it houses, in addition to the Romanian Parliament, a museum of modern art, several government agencies. At the same time, the building is only 70% full and, apparently, will never be used in full.
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Modern construction technologies today allow large companies to build real works of art - we will talk about those that rush to the sky as much as possible. Their striking height fascinates, and frightens someone: the ten highest architectural achievements of the world are in front of you!
10. International Commerce Center
Its total height is 484 meters. In the original project, it was supposed to be almost a hundred meters more, but in China it is officially forbidden to build skyscrapers higher than those located near mountains, so the architects limited themselves to this figure. The last 17 floors of the building are occupied by a luxurious five-star hotel, which is the tallest hotel in the world - another record.
9. World Financial Center
Following the list of the highest buildings, the skyscraper again from China, located in Shanghai, replenishes. It rises to 492 m. For an unusual, characteristic shape locals nicknamed the building "opener". It is noteworthy that in the original project, the window in the upper part of the building had a round shape, but this idea was not supported by the residents of the city, including the mayor, due to the similarity of the symbol with the circle-sun on the flag of Japan. So the International Financial Center got a window in the shape of a trapezoid.
8. Taipei 101
The famous tower in Taiwan has a height of 509 m from the base to the tip of the spire. Taipei has been operating since the end of 2003; today it houses numerous offices and shops. The skyscraper is famous for its fast elevators: you can get up to the observation deck located on the 89th floor in just 40 seconds! To resist the seismological danger (which is very typical for Taiwan), the building will be helped by a giant pendulum in the form of a ball weighing 660 tons, located in the upper half of the tower.
7. CTF Financial Center (Chow Tai Fook Enterprises)
World achievement, again located in China, in the city of Guangzhou. 530 meters high - breathtaking at a glance, but here, in addition to offices, shops and hotel rooms, there are also residential apartments! In China, this giant ranks third in height among a huge number of skyscrapers, in the world it is the seventh. By the way, in our rating CTF is the “youngest”; the construction of the Financial Center was completed only a year ago.
6. Freedom Tower - World Trade Center 1
A little higher - in every sense - is the New York "Freedom Tower". The highest skyscraper in the West has 104 floors and a total height of 541 m. It is worth noting the location - it was here that the twin skyscrapers destroyed by terrorists in 2001 were previously located. The Freedom Tower is a kind of symbol of the courage and resistance of the American people to the global disaster. The height of the building is also calculated not by chance: 541 meters is 1776 feet, it was in this year that the US Declaration of Independence was adopted.
5. Lotte World Tower
In the middle of our climbing ranking is the Lotte World Tower. This tower is located on the territory of the huge entertainment complex Lotte World in Seoul. 555 m, 123 floors - on the Korean Peninsula, this skyscraper is the highest. Inside there are shops, offices, residential apartments and hotel rooms, and the last four floors are open to everyone - from the observation decks here you can enjoy a magnificent view of Seoul and the Hangang River. The slightly convex conical shape and glass paneling on the outside are a traditional reference to the famous Korean ceramics as part of the Korean culture.
4. Ping'an International Financial Center
On the fourth line of the rating is again China, this time - the city of Shenzhen. Here is a large financial complex Pingan, which includes a chic skyscraper 600 meters high. Among the dozens of the highest buildings in the world, Pingan is a newcomer, its opening took place only in 2017. In total, the giant has 115 floors.
3. Abraj al-Bayt
The top three among the giants of world architecture is opened by the luxurious Abraj al-Beit complex, or the Royal Clock Tower. This building is located in Saudi Arabia, the city of Mecca. Directly opposite is a mosque with the main shrine for Muslims - the construction of the Kaaba. Pilgrims from all over the world constantly come here; the Abraj al-Beit hotel houses hundreds of thousands of them. In addition to hotel rooms, there is also shopping center and residential apartments. A huge clock with a diameter of 43 meters is the culmination of a chic structure.
2. Shanghai tower
The Shanghai Tower is recognized as the tallest skyscraper in China and the second tallest building on the planet. The total height of this architectural heritage is 632 m. In total, the building has 128 floors with an area of 380,000 square meters.
1. Burj Khalifa
The undisputed leader of the rating, the tallest building in the world is Dubai's Burj Khalifa. The construction in the form of a giant stalagmite was opened in 2010 in the UAE. Its height is 828 m, including a sharp spire 180 meters long. For the past ten years, this building has carried the laurels of the tallest man-made building on the planet. The construction belongs to the largest complex in Dubai, which includes a hotel, shopping centers, offices and residential apartments, as well as GYM's, swimming pools, jacuzzi, viewing platforms.
January 15, 1943 started work Pentagon- the famous headquarters of the US Department of Defense, which has become the most largest office building in the world. Today we will talk about several objects from different countries, each of which is considered the largest in its industry on Earth. It will be about residential and factory buildings, shopping centers, airports, stadiums and other world record holders.
Built in 1943, the United States Department of Defense building is still the largest office building in the world. After all, its total area is 620 thousand square meters. The Pentagon consists of five concentric pentagons connected by ten corridors. At the same time, you can walk from one point of the structure to another in a maximum of 7 minutes.
Dubai is one of the largest aviation hubs in the world. Therefore, it is not surprising that it is here that the largest air terminal on the planet is located. Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport alone has an area of 1,713,000 square meters, making it the second largest building on Earth.
The Izmailovo Hotel in Moscow has been holding the palm among the largest hotels in the world for more than thirty years. This complex of five 30-storey buildings has 7,500 rooms and is designed for simultaneous residence of 15,000 people. It was opened in 1980 for the Moscow Olympics.
The New South China Mall was inaugurated in 2005, only to close a few months later. The huge building with an area of 659,612 square meters and designed for 2,500 stores turned out to be unnecessary for the residents of the poor and relatively small city of Dongguan by Chinese standards. Now it is mothballed in anticipation of population growth and living standards in the metropolis.
The Boeing Corporation owns the world's largest factory building. Its plant in Everett near Seattle has an area of 399,480 square meters. In addition to assembly shops, the building houses several catering establishments, an aviation museum, a souvenir shop and even its own theater.
It is unlikely that the people who built a huge airship hangar 60 kilometers from Berlin in 1938 suspected that they were creating the basis for the world's largest entertainment center. Nevertheless, it was here, in a building that had been empty for several decades, that the Tropical Islands Resort water park was opened in 2005. total area of this facility is 70 thousand square meters.
In 2012, the largest and tallest residential building in the world was commissioned in Dubai. The height of the 101-storey skyscraper Princess Tower is 414 meters, and the total area is 171,175 sq.m. There are 763 apartments and 957 parking spaces for residents and guests of the building.
The largest private house built for a single family is a 27-storey 173-meter building in the Indian city of Mumbai. It was built in 2010 by order local billionaire Mukesh Ambani, the richest man in the country. This skyscraper has 9 elevators, a small theater for 50 spectators, parking for 168 cars, a spa with several pools, hanging gardens and many other wonders. The building has 600 employees.
For many years, the Sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, was considered richest man on the planet until it was overtaken by Bill Gates in the mid-90s. But even now, the Asian monarch holds several world records, for example, the largest collection of cars or the largest palace on Earth. The Istana Nurul Iman residence has 1788 halls and rooms, three times more than English queen. The total area of the building is about 200 thousand square meters.
The May 1st Stadium in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang has several records at once. For example, this is the largest stadium in the world, because 150 thousand spectators can gather in its stands at the same time. And this arena regularly hosts the Arirang musical and gymnastic show, which has a record number of participants. It is believed that about 100 thousand people are involved in this performance on a patriotic theme.
The largest building in the world by mass, but the second tallest May 6th, 2013
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The Abraj Al-Beit Towers is also known as "Makkah Clock Royal Tower" and is a huge residential complex located in Mecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The building is unique in that it holds several world records in marine construction. Among them: the tallest hotel in the world, the tallest clock tower in the world and the largest clock, the largest building in the world in terms of area, the second tallest building in the world after Burj Dubai. The building complex was built a few meters from the largest Islamic mosque - Masjid al Haram.
It is the largest (but not the tallest) structure in the world by mass, it is also the tallest structure in Saudi Arabia and the second in the world after the Burj Khalifa.
That's how it all started!
When completed, it will be the tallest freestanding tower, the tallest building in Saudi Arabia, the largest and tallest hotel in the world, with a planned height of 601 meters. The area of the structure will be from 1.500.000 m2. Same as Terminal 3 in Dubai international airport, in United United Arab Emirates which is also under construction. The Abraj Al Beit Towers will surpass the Emirat Park Towers in Dubai, which until then was considered the tallest hotel in the world. A complex of 6 towers, the height of the central (somewhat reminiscent of Big Ben in London) is 525 meters.
The building is located across the road south of the entrance to the Masjid al-Haram, which houses the Kaaba. The tallest tower in the complex will serve as a hotel to help provide accommodation for the more than five million pilgrims who visit Mecca each year for the Hajj.
Abraj al-Beit will have a four-story shopping center and a garage that can accommodate more than a thousand cars. The residential towers will accommodate residents while two helipads and a conference center will accommodate business guests. In total, up to 100,000 people can be accommodated inside the tower. The project will use clock faces for each side of the tower hotel. The highest residential floor will be located at 450 meters, just below the clock. The dimensions of the dials are 43 × 43 m (141 × 141 m). The roof of the clock is located at a height of 530 meters above the ground. 71 meter spire will be added in upper part hours, giving it a total height of 601 meters, making it the second tallest building in the world when fully completed, surpassing Taiwan's Taipei 101.
The tower will house an Islamic museum and a lunar observation center.
The complex is being built by Bin Laden Group, the largest construction company in Saudi Arabia. Clock tower designed German company The premiere of composite technology, watches, from the Swiss engineering company Straintec. Full cost$800 million project. The Bin Laden Group was founded by Mohammed bin Laden.
Tower name:
1. Zamzam - a well in Mecca, located on the territory of the Al-Haram mosque. Archangel Gabriel indicated his location to Hagar, Ismail's mother.
2. Hagar - a slave, a servant of Sarah during the childlessness of the latter, who became Abraham's concubine and gave birth to his son Ishmael.
3. Qibla - the direction towards the Kaaba. In Muslim religious practice, worshipers are required to face this direction while praying.
4. Safa - Safa and Marwa - two hills in the courtyard of the mosque al-Haram mentioned in the Koran. During the Hajj, pilgrims climb Safa Hill, turn to face the Kaaba and turn to Allah with a prayer.
5. Makam - An analogue of the Christian Ladder, a spiritual state on the path of self-improvement
More than five million pilgrims visit Mecca every year. There is a hotel in the Royal Tower that can accommodate about 100,000 people. In addition, the towers contain residential apartments, a shopping center, a garage for 800 cars and even 2 helipads.
The construction of Abraj al-Beit was completed in 2012.
In a 5 star Abraj al-Bait 858 rooms served by 76 elevators, also designed to provide quick access to the holy mosque of Al Haram for prayers.
Due to its proximity to Holy Kaaba, the holiest site of Islam, Abraj al-Bait will become a "beacon for pilgrims", guests will also be able to visit the museum of Islamic icons and art objects designed to develop cultural heritage region.
To the complex Abraj al-Bait includes three luxury hotels with luxury suites, a four-story shopping mall, two helipads and a conference center.
The hotel has nine restaurants, where you can experience the taste of both Indian and Lebanese cuisine, as well as taste the grilled steak.
Washne is home to the Lunar Observatory and the Museum of Islam. It is located in a huge complex. Abraj al-Bait, which is part of the development project of King Abdulaziz, aimed at modernizing the surrounding area Mecca and Medina.
The Meccan clock is located on the Royal Clock Tower of the Abraj Al-Bait high-rise building complex, which is located almost opposite the main shrines of Islam, the Al-Haram Mosque and the Kaaba house. All the buildings of Abraj al-Bayt are five-star hotels where wealthy Muslim pilgrims on Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, stay.
It is worth telling a little more about the complex of high-rise buildings Abraj al-Beit. This complex was built by Saudi Arabia's largest construction company Saudi Binladin Group in 2012. The complex, which cost approximately $15 billion to build, is itself the largest hotel in the world, with a capacity of 100,000 guests. In addition, the complex is the most massive building in the world and the tallest building in Saudi Arabia. The height of its Royal Clock Tower is 601 meters and in height this building is inferior to only one building in the world - the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai.
The total height of the Royal Clock Tower also includes the height of the 70-meter spire, which is crowned with an Islamic crescent. By the way, this spire is used to track the moon during Islamic holiday Ramadan. But, in addition to all of the above, this tower has another technological miracle - the world's largest clock, designed by the Swiss company Straintec.
Each of the four dials of this watch, located at a height of about 400 meters, has a diameter of 43 meters and consists of 98 million glass mosaic pieces. The dials, hour hands, 17 meters long, and minute hands, 22 meters long, are illuminated by two million green and white color. In addition, another 21,000 LEDs form something like information boards, which display calls for each of the five daily prayers. Thanks to high altitude the location of these watches, the light from their dials and additional displays is visible in good weather at a distance of about 30 kilometers.
For many years, only American cities could boast of real skyscrapers. But over time, architecture more countries replenished unusually tall buildings. And today, the leaders of the top 20 tallest buildings in the world are the countries of the Middle and Far East.
Central Plaza (374 m), Bulgaria
Occupy the building in predominantly offices various companies, and its mast is a church.
Emirates Park Towers (376 m), UAE
The highest hotel complex in the world.
Tuntex Sky Tower (378 m), China
The structure is designed in the form of a Chinese character meaning "high".
Shun Hing Square (384 m), China
This steel structure has 34 elevators, and there is an observation deck on the roof itself.
CITIC Tower (391 m.), China
In 2007, the building was considered the third tallest in all of China. Today it houses offices and shops.
Al Hamra Tower (412 m.), Kuwait
A feature of the building was its asymmetry, symbolizing the national clothes of the inhabitants of Kuwait developing in the wind. From the roof of this cement skyscraper, you can enjoy stunning views of the Persian Gulf.
Hong Kong International Financial Center (415 m)
The building, which theoretically can accommodate fifteen thousand people.
Jin Mao Tower (421 m.), China
The number "eight" as a symbol of well-being in Chinese culture became fundamental in the architectural design of the building.
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Chicago Trump International Hotel and Tower (423 m), USA
The second tallest building in the United States.
Kingkey-100 (442 m.), China
The upper floors of this building are known for their "hanging" garden.
Guangzhou International Financial Center (441 m), China
The peculiarity of the building is its streamlined shape, designed in a similar way to level the effects of air currents.
Empire State Building (443 m.), USA
On the marble finish of the building there are panels with seven wonders of the world.
Nanjing Greenland Financial Center (450m), China
There is even an observatory in this triangular structure, and the most wonderful view opens from the top point.
Petronas Towers (452 m), Malaysia
This building is unique because of its foundation, for the strength of which piles were driven a hundred meters underground.
John Hancock Center (457 m.), USA
A feature of the structure is considered to be a hollow structure, resembling a quadrangular column.
Hong Kong International Commerce Center (484 m), Hong Kong
The building is known for its upper floors there is a five-star hotel with the "highest" swimming pool in the world.
Shanghai World Financial Center (492 m), China
This skyscraper can supposedly withstand an earthquake of up to 7 points. When designing it Special attention focused on rescuing people in emergency situations.