What are the widest skyscrapers in the world?

[mdiederi]

Each of these are 600 feet tall and wider than 600 feet (the one on the left is taller):

http://i.usatoday.net/

The green giant (about 300 feet tall):

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[DamienK]

Dentsu Headquarters in Shiodome, Tokyo is pretty wide, over 100 m across.

[brickell]

Vehicle Assembly Building - Cape Canaveral
526 feet (160.3 m) tall, 716 feet (218.2 m) long and 518 feet (157.9 m) wide

[Trantor]

all measurements below made in GoogleEarth

COPAN building is somewhat wide (at 132 meters as a straight line)

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7778319


the Hospital de Clínicas in Porto Alegre is 165 meters wide


Palácio Duque de Caxias in Rio is 163 meters wide

[Trantor]

Originally Posted by mdiederi

Each of these are 600 feet tall and wider than 600 feet (the one on the left is taller):

http://i.usatoday.net/

220 meters wide measured at GoogleEarth.

but the Aria is 270 meters wide, but it depends if you consider it as a single building.

[scrapin]

wow very cool, thanks for the pics and info, im likin these!

[Trantor]

SUDENE building at Recife... 270 meters wide



here the GoogleMaps link. We can dispute however if it´s one or two buildings. It´s totally connected by the central core, however.


Hotel Holliday Inn Anhembi, in São Paulo. 170 meters





actually a lowrise, but it´s over 300 meters long. In the 50s, french architect Reidy project some funky buildings for Rio de Janeiro






there is another one, 250m (in a straight line) at the neighborhood of São Cristóvão.

[Insoluble]

Originally Posted by Trantor

actually a lowrise, but it´s over 300 meters long. In the 50s, french architect Reidy project some funky buildings for Rio de Janeiro

It's like a supertall laid out on its side. I love it!

[Trantor]

Minas Gerais State Administrative Center - 240 meters

https://www.google.com.br/maps/@-19....!3m1!1e3?hl=en

[scalziand]

Century Plaza-about 170m long.


David J. Barboza

[texcolo]

The Crescent office building in Dallas is pretty long. I've been in it, the three 'towers' are connected all the way up.


http://www.crescent.com/files/portfo...202010_web.jpg

[mdiederi]

Skipark 360
700 meters wide
160 meters high

http://sverigeprojekt.blogspot.com/2...-park-360.html

Never built.

[scrapin]

Those are quite the buildings.

[Austinlee]

Longest building in history. 4.5 kilometers. Prora, Germany:




Is 6 stories a skyscraper?