List of most expensive buildings

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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.

BuildingCityCountryArchitect/designerCurrent owner(s)Completed/
will complete
Nominal cost
($US billion)
Inflation-adjusted
cost, 2021
($US billion)
The Great Mosque of Mecca or Masjid al-Haram
(King Abdullah Expansion Project)
Mecca Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia KSA Government of Saudi Arabia 2021120 [1] 120
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station Somerset Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom EDF Energy 202740.00 [2]
Plant Vogtle (Units 3 & 4) Waynesboro, Georgia Flag of the United States.svg  United States Georgia Power, Southern Company 202330.00
ITER Saint-Paul-lès-Durance Flag of France.svg  France Bernard Bigot ITER 202525.00
Flamanville 3 Flamanville Flag of France.svg  France 202321.93
Akkuyu Nuclear Plant İçel Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Denis Sezemin Akkuyu Nükleer Güç Santrali A.Ş. 202320.00
Abraj Al Bait Mecca Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia Saudi Binladen Group Government of Saudi Arabia 201216.0018.89
Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Pabna Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission 202412.65
Olkiluoto 3 Eurajoki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Areva Teollisuuden Voima 2023 [3] 12.4 [4] 12.4
Mochovce Nuclear Power Plant (block 3 & 4) Mochovce Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Slovenské elektrárne Slovenské elektrárne 20237.61 [5]
Željava Air Base Željava Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia SFRJ Croatian Army 19686.0 [6] 46.75
SoFi Stadium Inglewood Flag of the United States.svg  United States HKS, Inc. Kroenke Sports & Entertainment 20205.5 [7] 5.94
Marina Bay Sands Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Moshe Safdie Las Vegas Sands 20105.50 [8] 6.83
Marina One Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Ingenhoven Architects Khazanah Nasional Berhad, Temasek Holdings 20175.32 [9] 5.88
Apple Park Cupertino, California Flag of the United States.svg  United States Foster and Partners [10] Apple Inc. 20175.00 [11] 5.72
Resorts World Sentosa Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Michael Graves Genting Group 20104.93 [12] 6.13
Wynn Palace Cotai Flag of Macau.svg  Macau Butler/Ashworth Architects and Wong & Ouyang Wynn Resorts 20164.2 [13] 5.22
The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Flag of the United States.svg  United States Friedmutter Group with Arquitectonica The Blackstone Group 20104.10 [14] 5.09
Asia Square Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Denton Corker Marshall with Architects61 CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, Qatar Investment Authority20134.06 [15] [16] 4.49
Suntec City Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore I. M. Pei with DP Architects and Tsao & McKown Architects Suntec REIT19973.81 [17] 3.81
One World Trade Center New York City Flag of the United States.svg  United States Skidmore, Owings & Merrill The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 20123.80 [18] 4.49
Marina Bay Financial Centre Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Kohn Pedersen Fox with DCA Architects Hongkong Land, Keppel REIT, Suntec REIT, DBS Bank 20103.21 [19] 3.99
Lotte World Tower Seoul Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea James von Klemperer Lotte Corporation 20163.114.31
Emirates Palace Abu Dhabi Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates John Elliott Abu Dhabi Government 20053.004.16
Palace of the Parliament Bucharest Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Anca Petrescu Romanian Government 19973.005.06
Wynn Resort Las Vegas Flag of the United States.svg  United States Butler/Ashworth Architects and Jerde Partnership Wynn Resorts 20052.703.75
Central Boulevard Towers Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore CallisonRTKL with Architects61 IOI Group 20232.52 [20] 2.64
Venetian Macau Macau Flag of Macau.svg  Macau Aedas Las Vegas Sands 20052.40 [21] 3.33
City of Dreams Macau Flag of Macau.svg  Macau Arquitectonica Melco Crown Entertainment 20092.403.03
Antilia Mumbai Flag of India.svg  India Perkins and Will and Hirsch Bedner Associates Mukesh Ambani 20102.63.23
New Children's Hospital [22] Dublin Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland Benedict Zucchi Irish Government 20252.4 [23]
Raffles City Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore I. M. Pei, Architects61 CapitaLand 19972.35 [24] 2.46
Guoco Tower Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Skidmore, Owings & Merrill with Architects61 Guoco Group 20162.27 [25] 2.56
Comcentre Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Kohn Pedersen Fox Singtel 20282.19 [26] 2.19
Marina Square Complex Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore John Portman & Associates UOL Group, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group 19862.17 [27] [28] 2.17
Taipei 101 Taipei Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan C.Y. Lee & Partners Taipei Financial Center Corporation 20041.802.58
The Palazzo Las Vegas Flag of the United States.svg  United States HKS, Inc. Las Vegas Sands 20071.802.35
Guoco Midtown Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Denton Corker Marshall Guoco Group 20241.77 [29] 1.88
Lakhta Center Saint Petersburg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia RMJM (until 2011), Gorproject Gazprom Neft 20181.77 [30] 2.09
South Beach Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Foster + Partners Allianz Real Estate, Gaw Capital, Hoi Hup Realty20161.75 [31] 2.29
Camp Nou Barcelona Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Francesc Mitjans and Josep Soteras FC Barcelona 20181.731.87
Nya Karolinska Hospital Stockholm Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Whitearkitekter & White Tengbom team Region Stockholm 20181.7 (18 B SEK [32] )1.94
Crown Sydney Sydney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia WilkinsonEyre Crown Resorts 20201.681.72
Kemi Bio Product Factory (Kemin biotuotetehdas) Kemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Metsä Group Metsä Fibre 20231.681.72
Royal Adelaide Hospital Adelaide Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Silver Thomas Hanley & DesignInc Government of South Australia 20171.61 (2.3 AU$)1.78
Queensland Children's Hospital Brisbane Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Conrad Gargett Lyons Queensland Government 20141.59 (2.2 AU$)1.82
Bellagio Las Vegas Flag of the United States.svg  United States DeRuyter Butler and Atlandia Design Bellagio (MGM Resorts International is the owner of the company)19981.602.66
Seat of the ECB Frankfurt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Coop Himmelb(l)au European Central Bank 20131.57 [33] 1.83
Ocean Financial Centre Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore César Pelli Keppel REIT 20111.53 [34] 1.53
DUO Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Ole Scheeren Allianz Real Estate, Gaw Capital, Hoi Hup Realty20181.50 [35] [36] 1.59
Wembley Stadium London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  UK Foster and Partners The Football Association 20061.502.02
Yankee Stadium New York City Flag of the United States.svg  United States Populous New York City Industrial Development Agency 20091.501.89
Termoelektrarna Šoštanj blok 6 [37] [ circular reference ] Šoštanj Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia n.a. Government of Slovenia 20141.61.83
Burj Khalifa Dubai Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill Emaar Properties 20101.5 [38] 1.86
CapitaSpring Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Bjarke Ingels Group, Carlo Ratti CapitaLand 20211.35 [39] 1.35
8 Shenton Way Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Perennial Holdings20281.24 [40] 1.24
Frasers Tower Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore DP Architects Frasers Property, National Pension Service 20181.45 [41] 1.54
Gigafactory 1 Storey County, Nevada Flag of the United States.svg  United States HOK, Bennett Wagner & Grody Architects, RMH Group, Rocky Mountain Institute, Mortenson Construction, and CH2M HILL Tesla, Inc. 20201.31 [42] 1.5
Äänekoski Bio Product Factory
(Äänekosken biotuotetehdas)
Äänekoski Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Metsä Group 20171.33 (1.2B€) [43] 1.47
Mall of Tripla Helsinki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Arkkitehdit Soini & Horto YIT, Ilmarinen 20191.33 (1.1 B€) [44] [45] 1.39
181 Mercer Street New York Flag of the United States.svg  United States Davis Brody Bond New York University 20231.285 [46] 1.45
Jewel Changi Airport (mixed-use building) Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Moshe Safdie Changi Airport Group20191.26 [47] 1.42
Comcast Technology Center Philadelphia Flag of the United States.svg  United States Foster and Partners Comcast 20181.5 [48] 1.62
Merdeka 118 Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Fender Katsalidis in association with RSP KL PNB Merdeka Ventures Sdn Bhd 20231.21
Petronas Twin Towers Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia César Pelli KLCC Holdings 19991.161.89
CapitaGreen Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Toyo Ito CapitaLand 20141.11 [49] 1.31
Parliament House Canberra Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Romaldo Giurgola Parliament of Australia 19880.848 [50] 1.7
Bełchatów Power Station 858 MW unit Bełchatów Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Pge 20111.29 [51] 1.55

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