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In the following, a building is defined as a structure with a roof and walls that stands permanently in one place. Airports are excluded as their construction cost includes runways and systems; however, terminal buildings are included in the list.

Building City Country Architect/designer Current owner(s) Completed/Will Complete Nominal cost ($USbillion) Inflation-adjusted cost, 2018 ($USbillion)
The Great Mosque of Mecca or Masjid al-Haram (King Abdullah Expansion Project) Mecca  Saudi Arabia KSA Government of Saudi Arabia 2021 100.00[1]
ITER Saint-Paul-lès-Durance  France Bernard Bigot ITER 2025 25.00
Flamanville 3 Flamanville  France 2023 21.93
Akkuyu Nuclear Plant İçel  Turkey Denis Sezemin Akkuyu Nükleer Güç Santrali A.Ş. 2023 20.00
Abraj Al Bait Mecca Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Binladen Group Government of Saudi Arabia 2012 16.00
Olkiluoto 3 Eurajoki  Finland Areva Teollisuuden Voima 2021[2] 12.4[3] 12.4
Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant (block 3 & 4) Mochovce  Slovakia Slovenské elektrárne Slovenské elektrárne 2023 7.61[4]
Željava Air Base Željava  Croatia SFRJ Croatian Army 1968 6.0[5][circular reference] 44.11
SoFi Stadium Inglewood  United States HKS, Inc. Kroenke Sports & Entertainment 2020 5.5[6] 5.5
Marina Bay Sands Singapore  Singapore Moshe Safdie Las Vegas Sands 2010 5.50[7] 6.33
Apple Park Cupertino, California  United States Foster and Partners[8] Apple Inc. 2017 5.00[9] 5.3
Resorts World Sentosa Singapore  Singapore Michael Graves Genting Group 2010 4.93[10] 5.68
Wynn Palace Cotai  Macau Butler/Ashworth Architects and Wong & Ouyang Wynn Resorts 2016 4.2[11] 4.84
The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas  United States Friedmutter Group with Arquitectonica The Blackstone Group 2010 4.10[12] 4.72
One World Trade Center New York City  United States Skidmore, Owings & Merrill The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 2012 3.80[13] 4.16
Lotte World Tower Seoul  South Korea James von Klemperer Lotte Corporation 2016 3.11 4
Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi  United Arab Emirates John Elliott Abu Dhabi Government 2005 3.00 3.86
Palace of the Parliament Bucharest  Romania Anca Petrescu Romanian Government 1997 3.00 4.69
Nya Karolinska Hospital Stockholm  Sweden Whitearkitekter & and White Tengbom team Region Stockholm 2018 6.61[14] 6.92
Wynn Resort Las Vegas  United States Butler/Ashworth Architects and Jerde Partnership Wynn Resorts 2005 2.70 3.47
Venetian Macau Macau  Macau Aedas Las Vegas Sands 2005 2.40[15] 3.09
City of Dreams Macau  Macau Arquitectonica Melco Crown Entertainment 2009 2.40 2.81
Antillia Mumbai  India Perkins and Will and Hirsch Bedner Associates Mukesh Ambani 2010 0.7[16] 2
New Children's Hospital[17] Dublin  Ireland Benedict Zucchi Irish Government 2022 2.4[18]
Taipei 101 Taipei  Taiwan C.Y. Lee & Partners Taipei Financial Center Corporation 2004 1.80 2.39
The Palazzo Las Vegas  United States HKS, Inc. Las Vegas Sands 2007 1.80 2.18
Lakhta Center Saint Petersburg  Russia RMJM (until 2011), Gorproject Gazprom Neft 2018 1.77[19] 1.94
Camp Nou Barcelona  Spain Francesc Mitjans and Josep Soteras FC Barcelona 2018 1.73 1.73
Crown Sydney Sydney  Australia WilkinsonEyre Crown Resorts 2020 1.68 1.72
Biotuotetehdas Kemi  Finland Metsä Group Metsä Fibre 2023 1.68 1.72
Royal Adelaide Hospital Adelaide  Australia Silver Thomas Hanley & DesignInc Government of South Australia 2017 1.61 (2.3 AU$) 1.65
Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane  Australia Conrad Gargett Lyons Queensland Government 2014 1.59 (2.2 AU$)
Bellagio Las Vegas  United States DeRuyter Butler and Atlandia Design Bellagio (MGM Resorts International is the owner of the company) 1998 1.60 2.47
Seat of the ECB Frankfurt  Germany Coop Himmelb(l)au European Central Bank 2013 1.57[20] 1.69222
Wembley Stadium London  UK Foster and Partners The Football Association 2006 1.50 1.87
Yankee Stadium New York City  United States Populous New York City Industrial Development Agency 2009 1.50 1.76
Termoelektrarna Šoštanj blok 6[21][circular reference] Šoštanj  Slovenia n.a. Government of Slovenia 2014 1.6 1.7
Burj Khalifa Dubai  United Arab Emirates Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill Emaar Properties 2010 1.5[22] 1.73
Gigafactory 1 Storey County, Nevada  United States HOK, Bennett Wagner & Grody Architects, RMH Group, Rocky Mountain Institute, Mortenson Construction, and CH2M HILL Tesla, Inc. 2020 1.31[23] 1.39
Mall of Tripla Helsinki  Finland Arkkitehdit Soini & Horto YIT, Ilmarinen 2019 1.33[24][25]
181 Mercer Street New York  United States Davis Brody Bond New York University 2023 1.285[26] 1.37
Jewel Changi Airport (mixed-use building) Singapore  Singapore Moshe Safdie Changi Airport Group 2019 1.26[27] 1.32
Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia César Pelli KLCC Holdings 1999 1.16 1.75
Parliament House Canberra  Australia Romaldo Giurgola Parliament of Australia 1988 0.848[28] 1.7

See also

References

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