List of longest buildings

This is a list of the longest single-segment buildings (excluding those not intended for human occupancy) in the world, and broken down by continent (which are not included in the world section).

World

No.BuildingTypeYear(s) builtLengthCityCountryCoordinates
1.Great Wall of ChinaFortification200BC–17th century8,851,800 m—China40°40′37″N 117°13′55″E / 40.67693°N 117.23193°E / 40.67693; 117.23193
2.KumbhalgarhFortification15th century36,000 m[1]—India
3.Ranikot FortFortification17th century26,000 m[2]—Pakistan
4.Diyarbakir WallFortification3376000 mDiyarbakirTurkey
5.Walls of StonFortification14615500 mStonCroatia
6.ProraHotel1936-19394500 mBinzGermany54°26′2″N 13°34′30″E / 54.43389°N 13.57500°E / 54.43389; 13.57500
7.LIGO-LivingstonObservatory1994–1999each arm 4000 m[3]LouisianaUnited States
8.Klystron gallery above the Stanford Linear AcceleratorResearch facility1962–19663073.72 m[4]Menlo Park, CaliforniaUnited States37°24′53″N 122°13′18″W / 37.41472°N 122.22167°W / 37.41472; -122.22167
9.Fenestrelle FortFortification1728-18503000+FenestrelleItaly45°01′47″N 7°03′38″E / 45.02972°N 7.06056°E / 45.02972; 7.06056
10.Three Gorges DamDam1994-20082,335 m[5]China
11.Modlin FortressBarracks1832–18622250 mPoland
12.Moscow Kremlin WallFortification1485–14952235 mMoscowRussia55°45′06″N 37°37′04″E / 55.751667°N 37.617778°E / 55.751667; 37.617778
13.Dubai International Airport Cargo GatewayAirport terminal20081774 m[6]DubaiUnited Arab Emirates25°15′00″N 55°21′32″E / 25.24991°N 55.35893°E / 25.24991; 55.35893
14.Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st.Apartment house1970-s1750 mLutskUkraine50°45′40″N 25°22′07″E / 50.761219°N 25.368719°E / 50.761219; 25.368719
15.Kansai International AirportAirport terminal1991–19941700 mOsakaJapan
16.Red Dog Mine Conveyer Enclosure.[7]Zinc mine conveyer enclosure19911700 mAlaskaUnited States
17.McNamara Terminal Concourse A
at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport		Airport terminal20021600 mDetroit, MichiganUnited States
18.Apartment house on Kolsky av. and Beringa st.Apartment house1970-s1488 m[8]MurmanskRussia68°55′05″N 33°05′40″E / 68.918002°N 33.094526°E / 68.918002; 33.094526

Africa

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Asia

No.BuildingTypeYear(s) builtLengthCityCountryCoordinates
1.Great Wall of ChinaFortification200BC–17th century8,851.8 km—China
2.KumbhalgarhFortification15th century36 km—India
3.Ranikot FortFortification17th century8.6 kmPakistan
4.Kansai International AirportAirport terminal1991–19941700 mOsakaJapan

Europe

No.BuildingTypeYear(s) builtLengthCityCountryCoordinates
1.Walls of StonFortification14615500 mStonCroatia
2.ProraHotel1936-19394500 mBinzGermany54°26′2″N 13°34′30″E / 54.43389°N 13.57500°E / 54.43389; 13.57500
3.Venetian Walls of CandiaFortification1462–15604300 mHeraklionGreece35°19′55″N 25°07′50″E / 35.331987°N 25.130427°E / 35.331987; 25.130427
4.Fenestrelle FortFortification1728-18503000+FenestrelleItaly45°01′47″N 7°03′38″E / 45.02972°N 7.06056°E / 45.02972; 7.06056
5.Modlin FortressBarracks1832–18622250 mPoland
6.Moscow Kremlin WallFortification1485–14952235 mMoscowRussia55°45′06″N 37°37′04″E / 55.751667°N 37.617778°E / 55.751667; 37.617778
7.Apartment house on Sobornosti av. and Molodi st.Apartment house1970-s1750 mLutskUkraine50°45′40″N 25°22′07″E / 50.761219°N 25.368719°E / 50.761219; 25.368719
8.Apartment house on Kolsky av. and Beringa st.Apartment house1970-s1488 m[9]MurmanskRussia68°55′05″N 33°05′40″E / 68.918002°N 33.094526°E / 68.918002; 33.094526
9.Bymuren 1-175Residential building1972–19741475 mDenmark
10.Apartment house on Akademika Zabolotnogo st.Apartment house1969–19801240 mKievUkraine50°21′51″N 30°27′48″E / 50.364066°N 30.463371°E / 50.364066; 30.463371
11.Terminal 4
at the Madrid-Barajas Airport		Airport terminal20061175 mMadridSpain
12.Karl Marx-HofResidential building1927–19301100 mViennaAustria
13."Le Lignon"Residential building1963–19711060 mGenevaSwitzerland46°12′11″N 6°05′53″E / 46.20317°N 6.09792°E / 46.20317; 6.09792
14."Lange Jammer"
Längstes Hochhaus der Welt
mit 60 Meter Höhe und 1000 Meter Länge		1968–20101000 mMärkisches ViertelGermany
15."Corviale" is the longest with a unique body, and parallelepiped building shapeResidential building1972–19821000 mRomeItaly41°51′03″N 12°24′42″E / 41.850959°N 12.411654°E / 41.850959; 12.411654
16.Turbine hall
of the Greifswald Nuclear Power Plant		Turbine hall955 mLubminGermany54°08′33″N 13°39′36″E / 54.142391°N 13.660035°E / 54.142391; 13.660035
17.FalowiecResidential building1970–1973860 mGdańskPoland(satellite photo)
18."Chinese wall" (Great Wall of China)
Residential building1971–1974~830 mDniproUkraine48°25′03″N 35°03′40″E / 48.417367°N 35.061021°E / 48.417367; 35.061021
19."Kilometergebäude"
at Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base		820 mFürstenfeldbruckGermany48°11′50″N 11°16′32″E / 48.197118°N 11.275449°E / 48.197118; 11.275449
20.Turbine hall
of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant		Turbine hall803 mChernobylUkraine51°23′19″N 30°06′23″E / 51.388749°N 30.106326°E / 51.388749; 30.106326
21.Serpentin (longest of buildings forming the) at Les Courtillières. Whole structure is over 1.1 km long in 3 buildings. Architect: Émile Aillaud.Residential building1955–1956~700 mPantinFrance48°54′46″N 2°24′39″E / 48.912643°N 2.410716°E / 48.912643; 2.410716
22.Karlsborg FortressFortification1819–1870678 mSweden

Note. The Kraft durch Freude seaside resort Prora consists of eight separate buildings, each measuring ~486 m .

Thermal power stations in Russia and other parts of former Soviet Union often have also long buildings. According to Wikimapia the building of Ekibastus GRES-1 is 537 metres that of Luganskaya GRES north of Schastia, Ukraine 672 metres long.

Russian fortification line of 1560th (Zhizdra - Pereyaslavl-Ryazanskiy) have length ~600 km. Full length of all Russian fortification lines - ~4000 km.

North America

No.BuildingTypeYear(s) builtLengthCityCountryCoordinates
1.LIGO-LivingstonObservatory1994–1999each arm 4000 m[3]LouisianaUnited States
2.Klystron gallery
above the Stanford Linear Accelerator		Research facility1962–19663073.72 m[10]Menlo Park, CaliforniaUnited States

37°24′53″N 122°13′18″W / 37.41472°N 122.22167°W / 37.41472; -122.22167

3.McNamara Terminal Concourse A
at the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport		Airport terminal20021600 mDetroit, MichiganUnited States

Oceania

No.BuildingTypeYear(s) builtLengthCityCountryCoordinates
1.Willsmere - Kew AsylumResidential1871950 mKew, VictoriaAustralia
2.Melbourne Convention and Exhibition CentreExhibition centre1996450 mMelbourne, VictoriaAustralia
3.The Great Southern Stand
at the Melbourne Cricket Ground		Stadium1996400 mMelbourne, VictoriaAustralia
4.Sydney Convention and Exhibition CentreExhibition centre1988310 mSydney, New South WalesAustralia
5.Flinders Street StationRailway station1910280 mMelbourne, VictoriaAustralia

South America

No.BuildingTypeYear(s) builtLengthCityCountryCoordinates
1.Central Institute of Sciences (ICC) of the University of BrasíliaUniversity1961750 mBrasília, Federal District (Brazil)Brazil

15°45′48″S 47°52′10″W / 15.763369°S 47.869451°W / -15.763369; -47.869451

2.Edificio Caliche, Conjunto Habitacional Gran Vía - Caliche Building, Gran Vía housing complex [11]Residential1970-1974680 mAntofagastaChile

23°40′34″S 70°24′14″W / 23.676206°S 70.403977°W / -23.676206; -70.403977

3.Edificio Huanchaca (Curvo), Conjunto Habitacional Gran Vía - Huanchaca Building, Gran Vía housing complex[11]Residential1967-1969380 mAntofagastaChile

23°40′31″S 70°24′15″W / 23.675306°S 70.404271°W / -23.675306; -70.404271

4.Minhocão de Guadalupe - Guadalupe's Big EarthwormResidential1950320 mGuadalupe, Rio de JaneiroBrazil

22°58′47″S 43°13′49″W / 22.979658°S 43.230245°W / -22.979658; -43.230245

5.Plataforma Gubernamental de Gestión FinancieraPublic service2017310 mQuito, Metropolitan District of QuitoEcuador
6.Conjunto Residencial Alcalde Mendes de Moraes (Pedregulho)Residential1947270 mRio de Janeiro, São Cristóvão NeighborhoodBrazil
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Middle East

No.BuildingTypeYear(s) builtLengthCityCountryCoordinates
1.Terminal 3, Concourse 2 at the Dubai International AirportAirport terminal2008924mDubaiUnited Arab Emirates

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.rajasthaninfo.org/kumbhalgarh.htm
  2. ↑ Ondaatje, Christopher (May 1996). Sindh revisited: a journey in the footsteps of Captain Sir Richard Burton : 1842-1849, the India years. HarperCollins Publishers. p. 265. ISBN 978-0-00-255436-7.
  3. 1 2 https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/
  4. ↑ Imfeld, Hans. "How Long is the SLAC Gallery? SLAC-PUB-12761, August 2007". Archived from the original on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2012-08-04.
  5. ↑ https://earth.esa.int/web/earth-watching/image-of-the-week/content/-/article/three-gorges-dam-china-landsat
  6. ↑ Cargo Mega Terminal at Dubai Airports Archived 2012-06-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Alaska Structures. "Conveyer Pipeline Enclosures." Alaska Structures. Retrieved 21 August 2014
  8. ↑ Яндекс.Карты
  9. ↑ Какой должна была бы главная площадь города, если б все мечты архитекторов сбылись // ТВ-21
  10. ↑ http://inspirehep.net/record/759868/files/slac-pub-12761.pdf
  11. 1 2 Galeno, Claudio. "Ricardo Pulgar San Martín, el conjunto habitacional Gran Vía y el edificio Huanchaca". In: Muñoz, María Dolores (ed.), et al. Docomomo Chile: Trayectorias de la ciudad moderna. Concepción: Universidad de Concepción, 2012, p.145-149.
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