List of building types

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This is a list of building types. It is sorted by broad category: residential buildings, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, and infrastructural buildings.

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Residential

Single-family detached

Examples of single-family detached house types include:

Single-family attached (small multi-family)

Large multi-family (apartments/flats/condos)

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A nursing home in Wetherby, England, U.K.

Public

Commercial

Commercial buildings, generally, are buildings used by businesses to sell their products to consumers. [1]

Office

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An office building in Accra, Ghana.

Office buildings are generally categorized by size and by quality (e.g., "a low-rise Class A building") [2]

Retail

Retail buildings are categorized by their configuration and size [5]

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Interior view of a shopping mall in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.

Hotels

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A hotel in Bariloche, Argentina

Special-purpose

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A car wash in Prudnik, Poland

Industrial

Industrial buildings are primarily used for the production and storage/distribution of goods, among other uses. [6]

Manufacturing

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A heavy manufacturing plant in Loudi, Hunan province, China

Warehouse/distribution

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A fulfillment center in Macon, Georgia, U.S.

Flex space

Infrastructure

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A power plant in Moscow, Russia

Infrastructure buildings house equipment and facilities related to public infrastructure.

Agricultural

Institutional

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A hospital in Limassol District, Cyprus

Other

See also

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