Largest wooden building
Who
Woolloomooloo Bay Wharf
Where
Australia (Sydney)
When
1912
The largest wooden building in the world is the Woolloomooloo Bay Wharf, Sydney, Australia. Built in 1912, the wharf itself is 400 m (1,312 ft) long and 63 m (206 ft) wide and stands on 3600 piles. The building on the wharf is five storeys high and 350.5 m (1,150 ft) long and 43 m (141 ft) wide with a total floor area of 64,000 m² (688,890 ft²) and has been converted into hotel apartments and marina complex.