does anyone know the World's Widest Building? or you can post your country's widest building here..

Do you mean office tower, or just any building. I would guess it would be one of our automobile manufacturing plants or West Edmonton Mall.

well any buildings Except Industrial ones like automobile manufacturing plants. don't forget to post Pics!

Widest Dome:

http://misheli.image.pbase.com/u42/simon_klyne/large/27665963.dome_pbase_upload.jpg

I think it is Prora. A hotel Hitler build for the Germans on Rugen. It was planned to be THE holiday destination for the Germans. But because of the Great War they never finished the building. Today it is abandoned

http://www.putbus.de/putbus/tourismus/pics/prora-gr.jpg

http://www.vegarmoen.com/html/archive/prora/bilder/prora2.jpg

Airport terminals like the one below at Chek Lap Kok are very wide.

http://www.gintsoftware.com/assets/gint_background_hkia1.jpg










The Under Construction Terminal 3 at Beijing:

http://serv1.uploadengine.com/113098384344A14.jpg

oya can everyone put the Area Size?

Chek Lap Kok Terminal Size: 550,000 metres squared.

The PA of NY Bldg takes up the entire block between 15th St, 16th St, 8th Ave, and 9th Ave.

http://www.nyc-architecture.com/CHE/Pict0171.jpg

the prora from rügen germany is 1km long or more

http://www.ddr-im-www.de/Berichte/MWulf/Prora/prora1.jpg

http://www.expi.de/pvf/skand05/RUEG-KDF-prora.jpg

^^Damn that's long, though it is broken into seperate sections

it think its not finished

^That really doesnt look like a very noce holliday destination. :P

Besides the building is reeeeally ugly.

^^ :eek: Woah!

Each of the eight buildings is .5km long, making the entire complex 4km long! The eight buildings were supposed to be conencted, but those portions were not built.

Each of the eight buildings is .5km long, making the entire complex 4km long! The eight buildings were supposed to be conencted, but those portions were not built.
That seems to be a strange way to construct things! :runaway:

The Great Wall of China is the widest of all.
Approximately 6,700 kilometers (4,163 miles) wide. ;)

http://www.photo.net/photo/2000pcd1672/great-wall-7.3.jpg
http://www.specialjourneys.com/uploadimages/73Great%20Wall%20of%20China,%20Beijing.jpg
http://www.utsa.edu/alumni/travel/Beijing2006/china2.jpg

It isnt a building tho ;)

The Great Wall of China is probably the widest structure on Earth.

Wikipedia says that Kansai's Main terminal is the longest building in the world at 1.7km

The Great Wall of China is probably the widest structure on Earth.

I would call it the longest structure.

^^ actually you are right. The lenght of the wall is 6,700 km, but the width
is only about 4 metres.

The Great Wall of China is the only wall you can actually see from outer space.

Actual building could be the City Hall in Philadelphia. It's the worlds tallest masonry building with walls up to 22ft thick and it sits on 4.5 acres of Land which it covers completely.


http://www.virtualtourist.com/travel/North_America/United_States_of_America/Pennsylvania/Philadelphia-860659/Things_To_Do-Philadelphia-City_Hall-BR-1.html

The Great Wall of China is probably the widest structure on Earth.
Do you know the difference between "wide" and "long"?
;)

must be........
looks really long..........

The Great Wall of China is the only wall you can actually see from outer space.
You cannot see it from space because it is too narrow, it's angular width as seen from space would be far too small for the human eye to resolve.

I remember reading that Kansai International Airport is the longest building in the world. I'm not sure if that counts as 'width' though.

Mechandise Mart in Chicago seemed very wide when I first came across it. The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg also goes on for a bit.

^That really doesnt look like a very noce holliday destination. :P

Besides the building is reeeeally ugly.

haha.. well i'm sure people almost 100 years ago had different tastes

I think it is Prora. A hotel Hitler build for the Germans on Rugen. It was planned to be THE holiday destination for the Germans. But because of the Great War they never finished the building. Today it is abandoned

http://www.putbus.de/putbus/tourismus/pics/prora-gr.jpg

http://www.vegarmoen.com/html/archive/prora/bilder/prora2.jpg

eerie

haha.. well i'm sure people almost 100 years ago had different tastes

almost 100... ? Damn

Try 60 ;)

It's hard to answer this question.

The Great Wall of China is the only wall you can actually see from outer space.

No you cannot.

I have tried to find it using google earth and have had some trouble.

Well, the Great Wall, if you want to talk about wide (if 'wide' is also 'long') has to be noted. There are (interior) barracks, administrative centers and towers along the wall, so it could be considered some sort of a 'building' but that's open to argument of course.

How about the building in Berlin, that old low-rise nazi-era aircraft factory, I don't know what it's called but it is gigantic and goes on and on and on -- took us forever to drive round -- anyone know the name?

hmmmmmm its hard to say what a wide building is and what a long building is, can be easily mistaken but the two measurments are tottaly different, i mean thats just stupid calling the great wall a wide building. the best way to work it out is if a buildings width is larger then its length, then it would be called its length.. think about it lol

In this context, width or breadth is something measured along its smallest side (x or z axis), length is something measured along its longest side (x or z axis). Height is something measured along the y axis positive to the ground it stands on.

That Prora is one very scary attempt at Butlins...

the building (size: 284.000 m² and 1230 long) of the tempelhof airport is one of the three biggest buildings in the world after the pentagon and the parliament palace in bukarest

there is a model: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/BerlinTempelhofFlughafenModell.jpg

Whoa!!! Those are just stunning pics.

I think Airports should not be Included. its not worlds wides airports thread :)

Long or wide at least its not tall :)

so rules are:
no Airports
No Industrial building or ware houses