The World's Tallest, Deepest, Longest, Largest Volume and Most Expensive... Man-Made Structures

The world's tallest, deepest, longest, largest volume and most expensive... MAN-MADE STRUCTURES THE 5 TALLEST RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES Offices, hotels, shops. restaurants and residential dwellings. Finance- focussed offices, shops, restaurants, hotels, residential. Shops, Leisure Complexes, Restaurants, Offices. Offices, hotels, shops, conference Hotel, residential, restaurants, financial offices. rooms, residential. 1. BURJ KHALIFA 3. SHANGHAI WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER 4. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE CENTER 5. PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS 2. TAIPEI 101 DUBAI, UAE TAIPEI, TAIWAN SHANGHAI, CHINA HONG KONG, CHINA KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA 828 METRES 509,2 METRES 492 METRES 484 METRES 451.9 METRES 163 FLOORS 101 FLOORS 101 FLOORS 118 FLOORS 88 FLOORS CONSTRUCTION: 2004 - 2010 CONSTRUCTION: 1999 - 2004 CONSTRUCTION: 1997 - 2008 CONSTRUCTION: 2002 - 2010 COST: $1.5 BILLION CONSTRUCTION: 1992 - 1996 COST: $1.5 BILLION COST: $1.8 BILLION COST: $1.20 BILLION COST: $1.6 BILLION THE 5 DEEPEST STRUCTURES CARLETONVILLE, SOUTH AFRICA ONTARIO, CANADA MIZUNAMI, JAPAN EURAJOKI, FINLAND BRIGHTON, ENGLAND 3.900 METRES 2.000 METRES 1.000 METRES 520 METRES 392 METRES CONSTRUCTION: 1962 - 2008 CONSTRUCTION: 1999 - 2006 CONSTRUCTION: 2002 - 2022 CONSTRUSTION: 2004 - 2020 CONSTRUCTION: 1858 - 1862 COST: $2.5 BILLION COST: $50 MILLION COST: NA COST: €818 MILLION COST: NA 2. SUDBURY NEUTRINO OBSERVATORY 3. MIZUNAMI RESEARCH LABORATORY 4. ONKALO NUCLEAR REPOSITORY 5. WOODINGDEAN WELL 1. TAUTONA MINE A hand-dug water well A storage facility for nuclear waste A geoscientific research facility A sunlight research facility. A gold mine THE 5 LONGEST STRUCTURES 1. GREAT WALL OF CHINA CHINA 8,851 KILOMETRES CONSTRUCTION: 200BC-17TH CENTURY A series of fortifications joined up across China COST: NA 2. RANIKORT FORT SINDH, PAKISTAN 8,600 METRES CONSTRUCTION: 1ZTH CENTURY - 1812 COST: 1.2 MILLION RUPEES A fortification. The world's largest fort. 3. WALLS OF STON STON, CROATIA 5,500 METRES CONSTRUCTION: 14TH - 15TH CENTURY COST: NA A series of defensive stone walls 4. KLYSTON GALLERY 5. MODLIN FORTRESS ------- MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA MODLIN, POLAND 3,073 METRES 2,250 METRES CONSTRUCTION: 1962 - 1966 CONSTRUCTION: 1806 - 1812 COST: $18 MILLION The longest building in the world. A linear particle accelerator. COST: NA A fort built as a river defence. OM 2000 M 4000 M 6000 M 8000 M THE 5 STRUCTURES WITH THE LARGEST VOLUME 1. BOEING EVERETT FACTORY 2. AIR FORCE PLANT 4 EVERETT, WASHINGTON TEXAS, USA 13.3 MILLION CUBIC METRES 11.5 MILLION CUBIC METRES CONSTRUCTION: 1967 - CONSTRUCTION: 1942 COST: $45 BILLION COST: NA A factory for building US military aircraft A factory for building jumbo jets. 3. DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TERMINAL 3 1 MILLION CUBIC METRES DUBAI, UAE An airport terminal. 10 MILLION CUBIC METRES CONSTRUCTION: 2004 - 2008 5. NEW CENTURY GLOBAL CENTER 4. AALSMEER FLOWER AUCTION COST: $4.5 BILLION AALSMEER, THE NETHERLANDS CHENGDU, CHINA 7.4 MILLION CUBIC METRES 7.4 MILLION CUBIC METRES CONSTRUCTION: 2008 CONSTRUCTION: 2010 - 2013 A multipurpose building (leisure, conferenčes, shops). COST: NA COST: NA A trading centre for plants and flowers. THE 5 MOST EXPENSIVE STRUCTURES 1. MARINA BAY SANDS, SINGAPORE COST: $6 BILLION HEIGHT: 194 METRES FLOORS: 57 BUILT: 2010 COST PER SQ. METRE: $6509 An integrated tourist resort. 2. RESORTS WORLD SENTOSA, SINGAPORE COST: $5.38B HEIGHT: 50 METRES FLOORS: 10 BUILT: 2010 COST PER SQ. METRE: $15710 An integrated tourist resort. 3. EMIRATES PALACE, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES COST: $4.46B HEIGHT: 72 METRES FLOORS: 6 BUILT: 2005 COST PER SO. METRE: $3530 A luxury hotel. 4. THE COSMOPOLITAN, LAS VEGAS, USA COST: $3.9B HEIGHT: 184 METRES FLOORS: 52 BUILT: 2010 COST PER SQ. METRE: $6307 5. ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER, NY, USA COST:$3.8B HEIGHT: 541 METRES FLOORS: 104 BUILT: 2012 COST PER SQ. METRE: $15,732 Financial offices. A luxury hotel. 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