Largest building in the world opens and includes an indoor beach

The largest building in the world has opened in China this week. At 1.7 million square meters, the glass and steel-frame New Century Global Center took only a little more than a year to build. It stands 18 stories tall and sits above a new subway station in Chengdu, a Sichuan province city of more than 14 million and one of China’s fastest-growing megalopolises. Inside you will find a 14-screen IMAX theater, restaurants, hotels, shops, a fake Mediterranean village reconstruction, a college university, skating rink, a pirate ship, and a massive artificial beach that boasts realistic sunsets and sea breezes. Oh, and 15,000 parking spaces.

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