A large part of the listings showing office buildings examines the height of the buildings. Many people know that Dubai is the home of the World Summit, which is more than 800 meters high. However, few people actually know what is the largest office building in the world in terms of floor area. A recent summary has now considered the latter.
Many people are supposed to know that the tallest building in the world is a skyscraper called Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which is 823 meters high. And in the United States, the World Trade Center takes first place with an area of u200bu200b541 meters – a sufficiently sixth place in the world comparison.
However, perhaps fewer people actually know what is the largest office building in the world when we compare real estate in terms of floor area.
a 24/7 Wall Street by comparison In this race, the Pentagon, the symbol of the US Army, will win. The floor area of the property built in 1943 is staggering, with an area of about 620,000 square meters At a height of only 23.5 meters. The building has a closed inner courtyard of only 20,000 square metres.
By the way, the Pentagon is 7 floors, with 131 stairs, 19 escalators, and a total of 28.5 miles of walkways. However, the building’s exceptional and innovative design allows it to be reached on foot from any point within the Pentagon, in a maximum time of approximately seven minutes.
The Pentagon is the official headquarters of the US Department of Defense, and crucially, the department employs a total of 703,000 civilian workers, the largest number among US government agencies. Named for its pentagonal design, the Pentagon alone employs about 25,000 people — including support staff.
Two US buildings also won the other two places on the list. In second place was an office building called (headquarters and technology center) FCA US LLC in Auburn Hills, near Detroit, which belonged to Fiat Chrysler. The building area is 490,000 square meters and its height is 76 meters.
In third place was the Willis Tower in Chicago. The building was built in 1974, its height is 442 meters, and its area is 416 thousand square meters. The largest building outside the United States (and the fourth in the world) is the CCTV headquarters in Beijing, at just over 389,000 square feet.
