List of most expensive buildings
| Rank | Building | City | Country | Architect/designer | Current owner(s) | Height | Floors | Built | Construction cost (US$/sq meter) | Total construction cost (billion US$) | Construction cost (adjusted for inflation—2015 dollars) (billion US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abraj Al Bait (Mixed) | Mecca | Dar Al-Handasah | Saudi Arabian Government | 601 metres (1,972 ft) | 120 | 2012 | 15.00[1] | 15.49 | ||
| 2 | Tokamak reactor | Cadarache | Multiple Nations | ITER | 20 metres (66 ft) | Several | 2013-2019 | 14.00+[2] | 14.25 | ||
| 3 | Resorts World Sentosa | Singapore | Michael Graves | Genting Group | 50 metres (160 ft) | 10 | 2010 | 15170 | 6.59[3][4] | 7.16 | |
| 4 | Marina Bay Sands (Resort) | Singapore | Moshe Safdie | Las Vegas Sands | 194 metres (636 ft) | 57 | 2010 | 6509 | 5.50[5] | 5.98 | |
| 5 | Apple Campus 2 | Cupertino, California | Lord Norman Foster (Foster and Partners)[6] | Apple Inc. | 4 | 2017 | ≈ 5[7] | 5.00 | |||
| 6 | The Cosmopolitan | Las Vegas | Friedmutter Group with Arquitectonica | The Blackstone Group | 184 metres (604 ft) | 52 | 2010 | 6307 | 3.90[8] | 4.24 | |
| 7 | One World Trade Center | New York City | David Childs (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill) | The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | 541 metres (1,775 ft) | 104 | 2012 | 15732 | 3.80[9] | 3.92 | |
| 8 | Emirates Palace (Hotel) | Abu Dhabi | John Elliott | Abu Dhabi Government | 72.60 metres (238.2 ft) | 6 | 2005 | 3530 | 3.00 | 3.64 | |
| 9 | Wynn Resort | Las Vegas | Butler/Ashworth Architects, Jerde Partnership | Wynn Resorts | 187 metres (614 ft) | 45 | 2005 | 3103 | 2.70[10] | 3.28 | |
| 10 | Venetian Macau | Macau | Aedas | Las Vegas Sands | 225 metres (738 ft) | 39 | 2005 | 2450 | 2.40[11][12] | 2.91 | |
| 11 | City of Dreams (casino) | Macau | Arquitectonica | Melco Crown Entertainment | 164 metres (538 ft) | 37 | 2009 | 7797 | 2.40 | 2.65 | |
| 12 | Princess Tower | Dubai | Adnan Saffarini | - | 414 metres (1,358 ft) | 101 | 2012 | 14467 | 2.17 | 2.24 | |
| 13 | Antilia | Mumbai | Perkins & Will | Mukesh Ambani | 173 metres (568 ft) | 27 | 2010 | 53820 | 2.00 | 2.17 | |
| 14 | Taipei 101 | Taipei | C.Y. Lee & Partners | Taipei Financial Center Corporation | 509 metres (1,670 ft) | 101 | 2004 | 9307 | 1.80 | 2.26 | |
| 15 | The Palazzo | Las Vegas | HKS, Inc. | Las Vegas Sands | 196 metres (643 ft) | 50 | 2007 | 2788 | 1.80 | 2.06 | |
| 16 | Bellagio | Las Vegas | DeRuyter Butler and Atlandia Design | Bellagio(MGM Resorts International is the owner of the company) | 151 metres (495 ft) | 36 | 1998 | 3588 | 1.60 | 2.33 | |
| 17 | Seat of the ECB | Frankfurt | Coop Himmelb(l)au | European Central Bank | 217 metres (712 ft) | 48 | 2013 | 8533 | 1.57[13] | 1.60 | |
| 18 | Wembley Stadium | London | Foster and Partners | The Football Association | 133 metres (436 ft) | 5 | 2006 | n.a. | 1.50 | 1.76 | |
| 19 | Yankee Stadium | New York City | Populous | New York Yankees | 61 metres (200 ft) | 5 | 2009 | 12230 | 1.50 | 1.66 | |
| 20 | Burj Khalifa | Dubai | Adrian Smith (SOM) | Emaar Properties | 828 metres (2,717 ft) | 163 | 2010 | 4847 | 1.50 | 1.63 | |
| 21 | Petronas Twin Towers | Kuala Lumpur | César Pelli | KLLC Holdings | 452 metres (1,483 ft) | 88 | 1999 | 4051 | 1.16 | 1.65 | |
| 22 | Australian Parliament | Canberra | Romaldo Giurgola | Australian Government | 107 metres (351 ft) | 1 | 1981 | 15760 | 1.10[14] | 2.87 | |
| 23 | Trump Taj Mahal | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Francis Xavier Dumont | Trump Entertainment Resorts | 135 metres (443 ft) | 42 | 1990 | n.a | 1.10[15] | 2.00 | |
| 24 | Bank of China Tower | Hong Kong | I. M. Pei & Partners, Sherman Kung & Associates Architects Ltd., Thomas Boada S.L. | Bank of China | 367 metres (1,204 ft) | 76 | 1990 | 7407 | 1.00 | 1.81 |
See also
- List of tallest buildings in the world
- List of tallest hotels in the world
- List of largest buildings in the world
- History of the tallest buildings in the world
- List of tallest residential buildings in Dubai
- List of cities with most skyscrapers
References
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/oct/23/mecca-architecture-hajj1
- ↑ ITER Organisation (2015). "facts and figures". ITER.
- ↑ http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/5-expensive-casinos-built/#!/resort-world-sentosa_971/
- ↑ http://www.e-architect.co.uk/singapore/sentosa_resort.htm
- ↑ http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/5-expensive-casinos-built/#!/marina-bay-sands_970/
- ↑
- ↑ - Apple Campus 2 cost 5 billion Projects: Foster and Partners
- ↑ http://arquitectonica.com/blog/portfolio/hospitality/cosmopolitan-grand-hyatt-resort-casino/
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/31/one-world-trade-center-will-cost-38-billion-dollars-expensive-building-in-the-world_n_1243917.html
- ↑ http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/5-expensive-casinos-built/#!/wynn-las-vegas_972/
- ↑ http://www.celebritynetworth.com/articles/entertainment-articles/5-expensive-casinos-built/#!/venetian-macau_973/
- ↑ http://www.aedas.com/Venetian-Macao-Resort-Hotel
- ↑ http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/ecb-eurozone-bank.ig9
- ↑ Parliament House, Canberra
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/08/business/trump-s-taj-open-at-last-with-a-scary-appetite.html
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