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The tallest buildings in the world are the result of engineering advances in the field of construction. Thanks to the development of technology, skyscrapers that amaze with their height are appearing all over the world.

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For many years, humanity has been pulled upward into the sky. Even the Bible has a story about the construction of the Tower of Babel. Not only New York was destined to become a city of skyscrapers. In many Asian cities, the most skyscrapers have risen one after another. interesting shapes, which added to the list of tallest buildings. The list is presented below.

10th place. Kingkey 100 – 442 meters, China

Kingkey 100 is located in Shenzhen. In the central part of the financial district in Guangdong province. It ranks tenth on the list of tallest buildings. Its height is approximately 442 meters. It ranks fourth in height in the entire Celestial Empire.

As you can guess from the name, the skyscraper has 100 floors. This building is multifunctional. The first 67 of its floors are office buildings. Above are shopping malls and a hotel. The top four floors are occupied by elite restaurants and a garden called “Heavenly”.

Kingkey 100 (11×16 Design Studio / flickr.com)

9th place. Willis Tower - 443 meters, USA

Willis Tower is one of the landmarks of Chicago. This is a city where, like New York, they once began to build skyscrapers. And here a skyscraper was erected, which is in ninth place on the list.

Willis Tower Observation Deck (Dustin Gaffke / flickr.com)

The building was built in 1973, and for 25 years it was the tallest building in the world. How many floors did it have? There are 110 floors here, and the offices occupy quite a considerable area - 418 thousand square meters.

It stands as the second tallest skyscraper in the United States. From this height you can see the entire state of Illinois. Neighboring states can be seen from the observation deck. An equipped place with a magnificent view is called Skydeck. In general, the tower is very popular among visitors, so it is visited by about 25 thousand people a day.

Willis Tower (Dustin Gaffke / flickr.com)

8th place. Zifeng Tower – 450 meters, China

Located in Nanjing in the financial center of Nanjing Greenland. This is one of high-rise buildings new millennium - it was built in 2008. Included in the list of the tallest buildings in the world.

The tower owes its extraordinary appearance to the architect Adrian Smith. The tower appears to be surrounded by two interconnected elements, symbolizing two dancing dragons.

It ranks third in height in China. Many windows glisten in the sun and somewhat resemble the scales of giant reptiles. The building contains many offices, an intercontinental hotel, shops and an observatory. There is a roof garden with a swimming pool.

Since the top of the building is equipped with lighting, the skyscraper looks like a beacon at night and can be used as a landmark in a dark city.

WITH different sides This building looks new every time; it owes this feature to its unique design.

7th place. Petronas Twin Towers - 452 meters, Malaysia

These sparkling towers are located in the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. They look like two giant ears of corn connected by a bridge.

Petronas Towers (Davidlohr Bueso / flickr.com)

They are considered a real masterpiece modern architecture. And they are included in our list of buildings. On the plan of the entire complex you can see that the buildings have the shape of an eight-pointed star. One of the symbols of the Muslim world.

Two identical skyscrapers are connected by a pedestrian span. Each tower has 88 floors. The construction of this structure took 6 years and 800 million dollars. The area of ​​all its premises could accommodate 48 football fields.

Like other similar buildings, the offices of various companies are located here. At the very bottom there is a huge shopping mall, occupying six floors. It has many luxury shops.

In the area around the towers there is a vast park with a swimming pool and a fountain, where you can see a unique spectacle - singing fountains. For some time, these towers were lucky enough to be the tallest skyscrapers on the planet.

Petronas Twin Towers - 452 meters, Malaysia (Simon Clancy / flickr.com)

6th place. International Commerce Center (ICC, China) – 484 meters, China

A building with 118 floors. The third tallest building in China is located in the Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China.

It towers above 4 thousand other high-rise buildings in Hong Kong. Year of construction: 2010.

It is located in the west of Hong Kong in the Kowloon area at Unity Square. Originally conceived as a building with greater height. But due to the ban on the construction of buildings higher than the surrounding mountains, its number of floors was reduced.

At the very bottom there is a shopping center. An observation deck is open to tourists, which is located on the 100th floor.

Above are high-end five-star restaurants and a hotel, including a presidential suite on the 117th floor. One day of stay there costs 100 thousand Hong Kong dollars. You can get to the top floors or go down using 30 working elevators.

The World Financial Center building is located in one of the major cities PRC - in Shanghai. This is the tallest building in China.

It owes its fantastic appearance to the American architect David Mallott. The skyscraper is popular and has received the nickname “opener” among the local population.

Why it got such a name can be guessed from its appearance. A popular souvenir among tourists who come here is a drink opener in the shape of this famous skyscraper.

On the hundredth floor you can see the city from an elevation of 472 m. The hotel, which is located on the upper floors, was for some time the tallest hotel in the world.

The shape of the hole at the top of the building was originally supposed to be round, but the authorities decided that this symbolizes the country rising sun, so the window began to have a trapezoidal shape.

4th place. Taipei 101 – 509 meters, Taiwan

Located in the capital of Taiwan - Taipei. It has 101 floors. More than one and a half billion dollars were spent on design and construction work.

Construction was quite expensive. It was necessary to build a skyscraper that had to withstand strongest earthquakes and typhoons. Appearance sufficient attention was also paid. It is built in the postmodern style and has various elements Asian culture and European innovations.

Taipei 101 – 509 meters, Taiwan (中岑范姜 / flickr.com)

3rd place. 1 World Trade Center - 541 meters, USA

It is located in the New York area, Manhattan. This is the tallest skyscraper in the USA. Together with the antenna, the height of the structure is 541 meters, and without the antenna - 417 meters. By making simple calculations, you can find out how many meters the spire adds to the building. Its length is 124 meters.

The building was built exactly on the spot where the Twin Towers, which were destroyed in the disaster, were located until 2001. The new skyscraper is named Freedom Tower. This building is the first of a complex of skyscrapers that was intended to serve as a reminder of the September 11 tragedy.

The memorial was dedicated in 2011 by the current and previous presidents of the United States. Exactly where the foundations of the two towers were, two large pools were made. Construction work began in 2006, and completion was planned for 2013. At the time of construction, the Freedom Tower was the tallest skyscraper in the United States.

Freedom Tower, New York (Phil Dolby / flickr.com)

2nd place. Abraj Al Bayt – 601 meters, Kuwait

This is a tall tower with a huge clock, not unlike Big Ben in London. Time can also be viewed from four sides. The diameter of the dials is 43 meters. Their height is 400 meters. This is the largest and tallest clock in the world.

The spire, 45 meters long, connects the clock on the tower and the golden crescent - a religious symbol. The building is located in Mecca. This is the tallest building in Kuwait. Located on the other side of the Al-Haram Mosque, where the great Islamic shrine is located.

The building houses a hotel called Royal Clock tower. Pilgrims visiting Mecca stop here. Construction work on the construction of this tower ended in 2012.

1 place. Burj Khalifa – 828 meters, United Arab Emirates

Many people are interested in which building is the tallest and how many floors does it have? This is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. This is the tallest building in the world.

Burj Khalifa – 828 meters, United United Arab Emirates(Mohammed J/flickr.com)

It is far superior in height to all skyscrapers and buildings on the planet. The tallest skyscraper looks like a giant mirror stalagmite.

Another name is Burj Dubai. The building was erected at the beginning of 2010. It has 163 floors. The floors of this building are almost entirely residential.

There is a hotel, various offices and a shopping center. An observation deck is equipped for visitors. There is also an underground parking that can accommodate 3 thousand cars.

The largest structure in the world by mass, but the second in height May 6th, 2013

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Abraj Al Bayt Towers also known as "Makkah Clock Royal Tower" is a huge residential complex which is located in Mecca, Kingdom Saudi Arabia. The building is unique in that it holds several world records in marine construction. These include: the tallest hotel in the world, the tallest clock tower in the world and the largest clock, the largest building in the world by area, the second tallest building in the world after Burj Dubai. Construction complex 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 tallest in the world after the Burj Khalifa

That's how it all began!

Once completed, it will be the tallest free-standing tower, the tallest building in Saudi Arabia, and the world's largest and tallest hotel, with a planned height of 601 meters. The area of ​​the structure will be 1,500,000 m2. Same as Terminal 3 at Dubai International Airport, in the United Arab Emirates which is also under construction. The Abraj Al Bayt Towers will surpass the Emirat Park Towers in Dubai, which until now was considered the tallest hotel in the world. A complex of 6 towers, the height of the central one (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 mosque, 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 to participate in the Hajj.

Abraj al-Bayt will have a four-story shopping center and a garage that can accommodate more than a thousand cars. The residential towers will house residents and 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 hotel tower. The highest residential floor will be located at 450 meters, just below the clock. Dimensions of the dials are 43 × 43 m (141 × 141 m). The roof of the clock is located at an altitude of 530 meters above the ground. A 71 meter spire will be added to the top of the clock giving it a total height of 601 meters, making it the second tallest building in the world once fully completed, surpassing Taipei 101 in Taiwan.

The tower will house an Islamic museum and a lunar observation center.

The complex is being built by the Bin Laden Group, the largest construction company in Saudi Arabia. The clock tower is designed by the German company Premiere Composite Technologies, Clock, from the Swiss engineering company Straintec. The total cost of the project is $800 million. The Bin Laden Group was founded by Mohammed bin Laden.

Tower name:
1. Zamzam is a well in Mecca, located on the territory of the Al-Haram mosque. Archangel Gabriel pointed out its location to Hagar, Ishmael's mother.
2. Hagar - a slave, Sarah's servant during the latter's childlessness, who became Abraham's concubine and bore him a son, Ishmael.
3.Qibla - direction towards the Kaaba. In Muslim religious practice, believers must face this direction during prayer.
4.Safa - Safa and Marwa are two hills in the courtyard of the al-Haram mosque mentioned in the Koran. During the Hajj, pilgrims climb Safa Hill, face the Kaaba and turn to Allah in prayer.
5.Makam - Analogue of the Christian Ladder, spiritual state on the path of self-improvement

More than five million pilgrims visit Mecca every year. The Royal Tower houses a hotel that can accommodate about 100 thousand people. In addition, the towers are located residential apartments, a shopping center, a garage for 800 cars and even 2 helipads.

Construction of Abraj al-Bayt was completed in 2012.

In 5-star Abraj al-Bait 858 rooms, served by 76 elevators, also designed to provide easy access to the Holy Mosque Al Haram for prayers.

Thanks to its proximity to Holy Kaaba, the holiest site in 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 intended for the development of cultural heritage region.

To the complex Abraj al-Bait includes three luxury hotels with luxury apartments, a four-story shopping center, two helipads and a conference center.

The hotel has nine restaurants, where you can taste both Indian and Lebanese cuisine, and taste grilled steak.

Vashne is home to a lunar observatory and a museum of Islam. She is in a huge complex Abraj al-Bait, which is part of King Abdulaziz's development project 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 of Abraj al-Bayt's buildings are five-star hotels, where wealthy Muslim pilgrims stay on the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca.

It is worth talking about the Abraj al-Bayt high-rise building complex in a little more detail. This complex was built by Saudi Arabia's largest construction firm, Saudi Binladin Group, in 2012. The complex, which cost approximately $15 billion to build, is itself the largest hotel in the world, capable of accommodating 100,000 guests. In addition, the complex is the most massive structure in the world and the tallest structure in Saudi Arabia. The height of its Clock Royal Tower is 601 meters and in height this building is second only to 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 topped with an Islamic crescent. By the way, this spire is used to track the Moon during the Islamic holiday of Ramadan. But, in addition to all the above, this tower contains another technological miracle - the world's largest clock, developed by the Swiss company Straintec.

Each of the four dials of this clock, located at an altitude of about 400 meters, has a diameter of 43 meters and consists of 98 million glass mosaic pieces. The dials, 17 meter long hour hands and 22 meter long minute hands, are illuminated by two million green and white. In addition, another 21 thousand LEDs form something like information boards, on which calls for each of the five daily prayers are displayed. Thanks to high altitude Due to 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.

Did you know that a skyscraper is a building whose minimum height is at least 150 m. Below is a list of the ten tallest buildings in the world.

Willis Tower – 443.2 m

The Willis Tower, formerly known as the Sears Tower, is a skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. This 110-story structure, including its two spiers, has a height of 527 meters and from the time of its construction in 1973 to 1998 was the tallest building in the world. Its area is equivalent to 57 football fields and is 323,000 m². About a million people visit the Willis Tower observation deck each year, making the skyscraper one of Chicago's most popular tourist attractions.

Nanjing-Greenland – 450 m

Nanjing Greenland is the tallest skyscraper in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. Its construction began in 2005 and was completed in 2009. Inside the skyscraper there are numerous offices, shops, restaurants and a 500-room hotel. There is an observation deck on the 72nd floor. The area of ​​this 89-story building is 18,721 square meters.

Petronas Towers – 451.9 m

In eighth place on the list of the tallest buildings in the world are the Petronas Towers - 88-story twin skyscrapers located in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. From 1998 to 2004 they were the tallest buildings in the world. Nowadays the tallest twin towers. The total area of ​​the skyscrapers is 213,750 m², which is equivalent to 48 football fields.

International Commerce Center – 484 m

International Commerce Center is a 118-story skyscraper located in the Kowloon area of ​​Hong Kong, China. People's Republic. Its construction began in 2002 and was completed in 2010. Upper part The building from floors 102 to 118 inclusive is occupied by a five-star hotel managed by the Ritz-Carlton company. The hotel is 425 meters above the ground, making it the highest hotel in the world.

Shanghai World Financial Center – 492 m

Shanghai World Finance center, informally called "opener", is a 101-story skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai, China. It is the second tallest building in China. Its area is 377,300 m². It was opened to the public on August 28, 2008. Shanghai World Financial Center has the highest observation deck in the world, located at an altitude of 472 meters above the ground.

Taipei 101 – 509.2 m

Taipei 101 is a 101-story skyscraper costing $1.7 billion. Located in Taipei, the capital Republic of China. From 2004 to 2010 it was the tallest building in the world. Its construction began in 1999 and was completed on December 1, 2004. This skyscraper has some of the fastest elevators in the world, which can go from the 1st to the 89th floor in 39 seconds at a speed of 63 km/h.

1 World Trade Center – 541.3 m

1 World Trade Center or Freedom Tower is a 104-story skyscraper located in New York, USA. Is the tallest skyscraper in Western Hemisphere, as well as the tallest office building in the world. It was built on May 10, 2013 on the site where the infamous Twin Towers were located, destroyed on September 11, 2001.

Abraj al-Beit – 601 m

Shanghai Tower – 632 m

Second place in the ranking of the tallest buildings in the world is “ Shanghai Tower” - a 128-story skyscraper located in Pudong, Shanghai, China. Its $2.2 billion construction began in 2008 and was completed in 2014. The total area of ​​the structure is 380,000 square meters.

Burj Khalifa – 828 m

The tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa. It is a 163-story skyscraper located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its construction, costing approximately $1.5 billion, began on September 21, 2004, and was officially completed on January 4, 2010. This modern architectural wonder of the world is part of the newly built Downtown Dubai complex, located next to the city's main shopping area. Since May 19, 2008, Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure in the world ever built by man.

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The largest building in the world was built July 3rd, 2013

Where would you think? Well, of course in China.

Chinese cities regularly top lists of the world's fastest-growing cities. According to research conducted by the American magazine “Foreign Policy” together with MGI (McKinsey Global Institute), in 2012 the leaders of the ranking were Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin, ahead of such active cities as New York, Tokyo, Moscow and Sao Paulo . Last year's Forbes research shows similar results - four Chinese megacities (Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen) entered the TOP 10, becoming the most promising cities in the world.

Today, China decided to once again confirm its leadership title by announcing the start of construction of the largest building on the planet. According to news agencies, in the city of Chengdu (southwest China, Sichuan province) a shopping and entertainment center “New Century Global Center” has been built, the length of which will reach half a kilometer. According to the project, the height of the building will be one hundred meters, the width will be 400 m, and the total area will be 1.7 million m².

“New Century Global Center” has become the largest building in the world by area and the largest shopping and entertainment center, respectively! If we compare the New Century Global Center with another famous mega-structure - the Pentagon, it turns out that the area of ​​the latter is almost three times smaller. The territory of the new center could accommodate twenty buildings of the famous Sydney Opera House.

The largest building in the world will be distinguished not only by its unique architecture, but also by its convenient layout. The project provides that the New Century Global Center, along with conference rooms and office space, will house two comfortable 5-star hotels, a university complex, two commercial center, cinema. Approximately four hundred thousand square meters will be allocated for retail space.

Another interesting attraction of the New Century Global Center will be the lighting system. An “artificial sun” will function here, working without interruption twenty-four hours a day. By using innovative technology, developed by Japanese specialists, the system will provide constant lighting and heating of the building. Therefore, the New Century Global Center can be called not only the largest building in the world, but also one of the most high-tech facilities on the planet.

The 100-meter New Century Global Center, which will occupy a site of 400 by 500 meters, will consist of three parts: New Century City World Center, Central Plaza and New Century Contemporary Art Center. Zaha Hadid, a British architect of Arab origin, a representative of deconstructivism, took part in the development of the project. In 2004, she became the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Prize, the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in architecture.

The highlight of the New Century Global Center will be a marine park with an artificial beach 400 m long and 5 thousand m² in area. Vacationers will be able to bask in the rays of the artificial sun, which will shine and heat the building 24 hours a day. For greater realism, a screen 150 m wide and 40 m high will show marine species, and special installations will imitate the breeze. The beach can accommodate 600 people at a time. In local cafes you can enjoy seafood dishes.

The developers of New Century Global Center note that another reason to be proud of the project is the center contemporary art New Century Contemporary Art Center, which will be the largest in Western China. There will be a museum (30 thousand m²), an exhibition hall (12 thousand m²) and a theater with 1.8 thousand seats.

The area next to the center will be framed by 44 ordinary fountains, and in the center there will be a dancing fountain, the diameter of which will reach 150 m. According to the president of ETG, which is involved in the construction of the New Century Global Center, this fountain will be on par with its famous counterparts in Dubai and Macau and Las Vegas.

Among other things, the center will have 300 thousand m² retail space, IMAX theater and ice skating rink. Guests of the New Century Global Center will be able to stay in 2 five-star hotels with 1,000 rooms each.

It should be noted that the location for the construction of such an extraordinary center was not chosen by chance. Now Chengdu - major center economics, trade, finance, science and technology. In 2007 The World Bank declared this city the benchmark for the investment climate in China. The metropolis with a population of 14 million people continues to develop: by 2020, in addition to the 2 existing metro lines, 8 more will be built, and a new airport will be built. According to experts, by this time Chengdu will become China's Silicon Valley.

, there are other criteria. Let's talk about them.

To have something to compare with When it comes to talking about large areas, they are often compared to a football field. This is convenient, but not always accurate, since it is often forgotten to indicate what size field is meant. We will not measure the buildings in our selection in football fields, but to make it easier for you to imagine their scale, we will point out here that the world's main football organization FIFA recommends that matches be played on a field of 7,140 square meters. m (i.e. 0.714 hectares) and size 105x68 m. 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. Let us remind you: one hectare is 10,000 square meters.

By volume

Here the undisputed leader is the company's plant Boeing in the city of Everett, pc. Washington (USA). Its volume is 13,385,378 cubic meters. m, and the area is 399,480 sq. m (number three in the world in terms of base area). This giant, almost a kilometer long, 500 meters wide and the height of a five-story building (to accommodate more than 20-meter keels of airliners and still have room) was built in 1966–1968, when Boeing began producing the Boeing 747. The company's largest aircraft are still assembled there today, and many of them 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 rain from them,” they claim on the Internet. This is a myth: the building has effective ventilation, and despite the humid and cool climate of Washington State, advanced modern airliners are assembled in dry and fairly comfortable conditions

Number two in the world in terms of volume is the Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca: almost half the 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. The largest airliner in the world is assembled at the Jean-Luc Lagardère plant in Toulouse (France). A380.

During the Hajj, up to 4 million people can be in the Al-Haram Mosque

Deserves special mention Aereum- hangar built in the mid-1990s by a German company Cargolifter AG 50 km south of Berlin for the construction of airships. This dome measures 360×210 meters and is up to 107 m high (St. Basil's Cathedral from Red Square can easily fit into it - with all the turrets, domes and basement, and there will still be room left) covers the largest space in the world undivided by partitions - a volume of 5.2 million cubic meters. Business Cargolifter AG I didn’t go, so in 2004 they opened a year-round tropical theme park with groves, ponds and waterfalls. It is called Tropical Islands Resort.

The park is open 24 hours a day - you can even stay there overnight

By area on a piece of land

Here we're talking about specifically about what plot of land the building occupies. According to this indicator number one - Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer, a building in the Dutch town 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 into this structure, measuring 700x750 m and with an area (on the surface) of half a million square meters, most reminiscent of a warehouse about two floors high. Here they are sold, bought and immediately hit the road again, fortunately Amsterdam airport is nearby and 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, pc. California: about 427 thousand square meters. m. In general, among the largest buildings in terms of surface area, there are a lot of logistics centers and warehouses. The top ten largest structures in the world by this indicator, in addition to those mentioned, also include logistics centers Michelin, Nike And John Deere(all in the USA). This makes sense: products ready to be shipped around the world are easiest to place in these long, flat spaces.

By total area of ​​premises

Unlike the previous paragraph, this takes into account the area of ​​all premises of the structure. And Asia is in the lead 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 Century” is 500 meters, width - 400 meters, height - 100 meters, and inside, in addition to cinema and hotel shops, there are also offices, a center for contemporary art and a water park with an artificial beach (sunrises and sunsets are depicted on giant screens) .

The cyclopean complex in the new district of Chengdu was built in three years - from 2010 to 2013

The main competitors of this kind of complexes around the world are airports. Thus, number two in terms of total premises area 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 to serve 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 - local Emirates and Australian Qantas. Also in the top ten (in sixth position) is the 3rd terminal of Beijing Capital Airport (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: effective area the building is almost twice as large as the surface area - 990,000 thousand square meters. m.

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Speaking about the largest buildings and structures 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 its branches - is even greater: 21 thousand kilometers).

The tallest building on the planet today is the 828-meter Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai (UAE).

Carry honorary title The tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa skyscraper, apparently does not have long left: 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 of the Arabian Peninsula, in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), a tower with a height of 1004 meters will be completed in the same year

The heaviest building in the world - for readers Palace of Parliament in Bucharest (Romania). It weighs more than 4 billion kilograms. It was laid in 1984 on the orders of dictator Ceausescu in the center of Bucharest, destroying a significant part of the historical buildings of the city and even tearing down a hill, and it took more than ten years to build. Today, in addition to the Romanian parliament, it houses a museum of modern art and several government institutions. However, the building is only 70% full and, apparently, will never be fully used.

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