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Definition

Encarta defines groundscraper as "a large low or medium-rise building, typically containing offices, that spreads horizontally and occupies a large amount of land".¹

Examples

• 5 Broadgate, a groundscaper owned by Swiss bank UBS, was once the largest office building in the City of London.²
• Horizontal Skyscraper – Vanke Center in Shenzhen is as large as the Empire State Building, but is laid out horizontally and five stories above ground level.³⁴⁵ A park occupies the space below.⁶⁷
• The Pentagon – the world's second largest office building
• Apple Park
• Bharat Mandapam
• The Squaire
• Colossus of Prora, originally 4.5 km (2.8 mi) in length.
• Estonian National Museum
• SAS Frösundavik Office Building⁸
• The klystron gallery at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is 3 kilometers long and 1 story high.
• Each arm of the LIGO gravitational wave detectors is 4 kilometers long and housed in an above-ground concrete structure.

See also

• Earthscraper
• Skyscraper
• List of largest buildings

References

1. "Groundscraper definition". MSN Encarta. Archived from the original on November 17, 2009. Retrieved January 17, 2011.[better source needed] https://web.archive.org/web/20091117091751/http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_701706384/groundscraper.html ↩

2. "City 'groundscraper' unveiled". FT.com. May 16, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2011. https://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a2e1d95e-03ae-11e0-8c3f-00144feabdc0.html ↩

3. Ouroussoff, Nicolai (2011-06-27). "Turning Design on Its Side". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-06-29. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/28/arts/design/steven-holls-design-for-the-vanke-center-in-china-review.html ↩

4. Cheek, Lawrence W. (January 15, 2011). "Architects Find Their Dream Client, in China". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/business/16build.html ↩

5. "Horizontal Skyscraper - Vanke Center". Steven Holl Architects. Retrieved September 16, 2014. http://www.stevenholl.com/projects/vanke-center? ↩

6. Cheek, Lawrence W. (January 15, 2011). "Architects Find Their Dream Client, in China". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/business/16build.html ↩

7. "Horizontal Skyscraper - Vanke Center". Steven Holl Architects. Retrieved September 16, 2014. http://www.stevenholl.com/projects/vanke-center? ↩

8. van Meel, Jurian. The European Office: Office Design and National Context. 010 Publishers, 2000. 97. Retrieved from Google Books on 12 February 2010. ISBN 90-6450-382-6, ISBN 978-90-6450-382-5. /w/index.php?title=010_Publishers&action=edit&redlink=1 ↩