Largest free-span wooden structure
- Who
- The Odate Jukai Dome
- What
- 178 metre(s) per second
- Where
- Japan (Odate,)
- When
- 1997
The longest single-span self-supporting wooden structure is the Odate Jukai Dome in Odate, Japan, which is a dome-shaped building that measures 178 m (584 ft) on its longest axis and 157 m (515 ft) on its shortest. It consists of an opaque membrane stretched over a cedar and steel frame constructed from 25,000 Akita cedar trees.