Although still holds the record for Burj Khalifa as the tallest building in the world , but it turns out the building that stands in Dubai is not the most expensive building in the world . Stranger still , only three buildings in the category 20 tallest buildings in the world that entered the list of the most expensive buildings in the world , the Burj Khalifa ( Dubai ) , Taipei 101 ( Taiwan ) , and Trump International Hotel & Tower ( Chicago ) . Not long ago , Emporis rate buildings with expensive construction costs . Nearly 500 thousand buildings in 190 countries around the world analyzed the real estate research firm based in Hamburg , Germany this .
following 5 most expensive buildings in the world
1 . Palace of the Parliament building
located in Bucharest , Romania won the title as the most expensive building in the world with the construction costs reached $ 3 billion . Building that was completed in 1988, created by the neo - classical style . Has a height of just 12 on the ground floor , but the building has a total area of up to 35 hectares . As the second largest administrative building in the world after the Pentagon , Palace of the Parliament ( Palatul Parlamentului ) is often associated as a wedding cake Stalin .