This Video Shows How Big The World’s Tallest Buildings Actually Are*
The B1M
High-rise buildings are the most iconic part of any citys horizon. Brand-new ones sprout up all the time, always contending for the “worlds tallest.” This video reveals that height isnt the only stat that matters: Total area does, too.
The video comes from YouTube channel The B1M, which is devoted to all-things building. It concentrates on how even if a few of these buildings are extremely high does not really imply that theyre huge. The video goes on to look at some of the highest structures throughout the world and compare them utilizing their total area rather. Dubais Burj Khalifa is the tallest building on Earth (2,722 feet tall) however in terms of area, it does not come anywhere close to the biggest structures (just 3.3 million square feet).
To gain a precise measurement, The B1M followed the lead of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats method, just considering the overall gross floor location of a towers footprint and leaving out adjoining podiums, connected structures, and other towers within the general structures development.
The largest structure, as figured out by this channel, is awarded to Chinas Ping An International Finance Center. Though its just 1,965 feet tall, it has more than 5.3 million square feet of area, omitting its 968,000 square-foot basement. The video features other structures like the Empire State Building, 30 Hudson Yards, Marina Bay Sands, the Renaissance Center, and the Petronas Towers.
via Nerdist