Largest building by floor area
The current largest building by floor area record is 1.8 million m², held by New Century Global Center, set on July 1, 2013. Last checked October 14, 2026.
1.8
million m²
New Century Global Center
- Holder
- New Century Global Center
- Record
- 1.8 million m²
- Exact figure
- About 1.76 million m² (18.9 million sq ft)
- Location
- Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- Date set
- July 1, 2013
- Last checked
- October 14, 2026
Sources
- worldatlas.com The largest buildings in the world
- guinnessworldrecords.com Largest mixed use building
- scmp.com Worlds largest building has opened china
- the-independent.com World s largest building the new century global center officially opens in china
- skyscrapercenter.com New century global center
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