This Video Shows How Big The World’s Tallest Buildings Actually Are*

The B1M
Skyscrapers are the most renowned part of any citys skyline. New ones grow up all the time, constantly completing for the “worlds highest.” This video reveals that height isnt the only stat that matters: Total location does, too.
The video goes on to look at some of the tallest buildings across the world and compare them using their total area rather. Dubais Burj Khalifa is the highest structure on Earth (2,722 feet high) but in terms of location, it doesnt come anywhere close to the biggest buildings (just 3.3 million square feet).

To acquire an accurate measurement, The B1M followed the lead of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats method, only considering the overall gross floor location of a towers footprint and excluding adjoining podiums, connected structures, and other towers within the total structures development.
The biggest building, as figured out by this channel, is granted to Chinas Ping An International Finance. Though its just 1,965 feet high, it has more than 5.3 million square feet of area, excluding its 968,000 square-foot basement. The video includes other structures like the Empire State Building, 30 Hudson Yards, Marina Bay Sands, the Renaissance Center, and the Petronas Towers.
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