Largest basket-shaped building

Completed in 1997, the seven-storey headquarters of the Longaberger basket company Longaberger in Ohio, USA, looks like a giant basket, and contains 16,722 m² (180,000 ft²) of floor space. Of the building’s total weight of 9,000 tons, 150 tons are contributed by the giant handles, which are heated to prevent ice formation. With a maximum length of 63.4 m (208 ft) and a width of 43.3 m (142 ft), it is 160 times larger than the company’s “Medium Market Basket”.