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This list of skyscrapers by floor area includes the largest skyscrapers in the world, measured in square meters (m 2) and square feet (sq ft). To qualify as a skyscraper, a structure must be self-supporting, without relying on tension cables or external supports for stability, and must reach a minimum height of 150 meters (492 feet).
San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2). In many cases an incorporated place is geographically large because its municipal government has merged with the government of the surrounding county.
Hong Kong law Chapter 123F, Building (Planning) Regulations, Regulation 23 sect 3 sub-paragraph (a) defined that: Subject to sub-paragraph (b), for the purposes of regulations 19, 20, 21 and 22, the gross floor area of a building shall be the area contained within the external walls of the building measured at each floor level (including any floor below the level of the ground), together with ...
The building will include 323 residential units (including a mix of studios through three-bedrooms and range in size from 350 square feet to 1,350 square feet), 21,400 square feet of ground level retail space, a seven-story parking deck with 343 parking spaces and 175 bike stalls will be hidden from public view, and the top floor is space for a ...
A lane meter is defined as a strip of deck one meter long. A lane is conventionally 2 meters wide, so that a lane meter is equivalent to 2 square metres (21.528 sq ft). [1] The rule of thumb is that a car on a car ferry will need 6 lane meters, and a European semitrailer 18 lane meters. [citation needed]
Comparison of 1 square metre with some Imperial and metric units of area The square metre ( international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures ) or square meter ( American spelling ) is the unit of area in the International System of Units (SI) with symbol m 2 . [ 1 ]
The business dates back to 1936 with the opening of ABC at Bab Idriss Square, central Beirut, 580 m 2 (6,200 sq ft) in size, followed by ABC Bab Borj at 350 m 2 (3,800 sq ft) in 1940, and ABC Hamra 415 m 2 (4,470 sq ft) in 1948. [1] Robert Fadel served as Chairman & CEO from 2009 to 2017, and remains a member of the board of directors.
Comparison of 1 square foot with some Imperial and metric units of area. The square foot (pl. square feet; abbreviated sq ft, sf, or ft 2; also denoted by ' 2 and ⏍) is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit (non-SI, non-metric) of area, used mainly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Hong Kong.