Largest Building In The World

It is the largest man-made structure in the world, and it is located in the Chinese Sichuan province, housing hotels, offices, a beach resort and an artificial sun. Capable of housing 20 Sydney Opera Houses or three Pentagons in its staggering 1.7 million square-meter interior. The New Century Global Centre in Chengdu opened its doors on 1 July 2013.

The colossal 18-storey glass and steel superstructure has a wavy roof and is built above a new metro station. The building is 500 meters long, 400 meters wide, and stands 100 meters high.

A 65 metre-high lobby covering 10,000 square meters greets visitors as they enter the centre. Visitors will then find the Paradise Island Oceanic Park, with a 400 meter sandy beach, and the largest indoor LED screen in the world that projects images of seascapes and horizons.

There is also one of the largest shopping malls in China, a 14-screen Imax cinema, an Olympic-sized ice rink, two five-star hotels and a central business tower with 720,000 square metres of office space.