an adelaide hospital has been named the third most expensive building in the world, putting it ahead of glitzy skyscrapers in dubai, london and singapore the royal adelaide hospital was named on a list of the world's most expensive buildings compiled by building data company emporis, beaten only by new york's one world trade centre and the palace of parliament in bucharest, romania the revamped hospital, which is currently under construction, will cost a staggering $us21 billion ($a27 billion) compared with the one world trade centre which cost $us39 billion ($a504 billion) to build and the palace of parliament which cost $us3 billion ($a39 billion) the new royal adelaide hospital was named on a list of the world's most expensive buildings  the revamped hospital, currently under construction, will cost a staggering $us21 billion ($a27 billion) the south australian government said the state budget would need to account for an extra $177 million in funding for the hospital in december last year  the 800 bed hospital due to open in april 2016 but an independent review has concluded the project won't be finished until the second half of that year  the top 10 was rounded out by las vegas resort the palazzo and london's the shard, both at $us19 billion, the taipei 101 at $us176 billion, dubai's burj khalifa (the tallest building in the world) at $us15 billion, singapore's capitagreen at $us15 billion, kyoto station at $us125 billion and hamburg's elbphilharmonie at $us103 billion another adelaide building   myer centre – was the next australian construction on the list at number 13, costing $us1 billion the next most expensive australian buildings were sydney's chifley tower at number 16, costing $us1 billion, and sydney's anz bank centre, costing $us800 billion the list has been adjusted to take currency movements into account and considers both buildings under construction and existing buildings that were built after 1976 construction economics expert timothy o'leary said the royal adelaide hospital would be the most expensive building ever built in south australia the world's most expensive building is the one world trade centre in new york which cost $a504 billion  second on the list was romania's palace of parliament which cost $us3 billion ($a39 billion) 1 one world trade center, new york city   completed in 2014 for $us39 billion  2 palace of the parliament, bucharest   completed in 1988 $us3 billion  3 royal adelaide hospital, adelaide   completed by 2016 for $us21 billion  4 the palazzo, las vegas   completed in 2007 $us19 billion  5 the shard, london   completed in 2013 for $us19 billion  6 taipei 101, taipei   completed in 2004 for $us176 billion  7 burj khalifa, dubai   completed in 2010 for $us15 billion  8 capitagreen, singapore   completed in 2014 for $us14 billion  9 kyoto station, kyoto   completed in 1997 for $us125 billion  10 elbphilharmonie, hamburg   completed by 2016 for $us103 billion  'and it's the type of building that costs a lot of money – it's a number one hospital that will service the health needs of the state for decades to come,' said mr o'leary, from the university of south australia 'it's certainly a big deal for adelaide because it's being funded by taxpayers' mr o'leary said it was difficult to assess costs of the project and how they would pay off in future 'there's no way to know if it's value for money without comparing it to other similar projects,' he said 'probably what's missing from that list is there must be other big hospital projects in the pipeline around the world that are quite expensive' 'the list does not seem to be comprehensive, as similarly priced hospitals such as the gold coast hospital in queensland and the fiona stanley hospital in western australia have been omitted, as have other high profile buildings from around the world, such as the westfield london shopping centre (cost approx $3bn),' said a statement from south australian health 'upon completion the new royal adelaide hospital will deliver state of the art care in one of the most advanced hospitals in the world,' the statement said other recently built australian hospitals missing from the list include the fiona stanley in perth, which opened in 2014 and cost $a2 billion and the gold coast university hospital which opened in 2013 and cost $a176 billion on wednesday the former gold coast university hospital project director was appointed temporary manager of the adelaide project after program director andrew nielsen stepped down this comes after the south australian government said the state budget would need to account for an extra $177 million in funding in december last year the palazzo   a luxury resort on the casino strip in las vegas   was completed in 2007 and cost $us19 billion  the shard skyscraper in london was completed in 2013 for $us19 billion  the 800 bed hospital due to open in april 2016 but an independent review has concluded the project won't be finished until the second half of that year mr o'leary said cost blowouts were to be expected on any large project 'any billion dollar construction project is an extremely complex undertaking,' he said 'original estimates and budgets tend to blow out because of the complexity' dubai's burj khalifa is the tallest building in the world and cost $us15 billion to build  another adelaide building   myer centre – was the next australian construction on the list at number 13  the next most expensive australian buildings were sydney's chifley tower at number 16, costing $us1 billion, and sydney's anz bank centre (pictured), costing $us800 billion 
royal adelaide hospital new york's world trade centre the palace of parliament bucharest romania $27 billion
royal adelaide hospital third on a list of the world's expensive buildings . it was beaten only by new york's one world trade centre and the palace of parliament in bucharest, romania . the revamped hospital, currently under construction, will cost $27 billion 