List of non-building structure types

For broader coverage of this topic, see List of building types. For individual structures, see List of buildings and structures.

Eiffel Tower

Brandenburg Gate

The Arcade du Cinquantenaire in Brussels, Belgium

Golden Gate Bridge

Kapellbrücke (Chapel Bridge), a covered bridge in Lucerne, Switzerland

The Olmsted ramada over the Big House of Casa Grande National Monument in Arizona

Silos in Acatlán, Hidalgo, Mexico

Transmission tower near Le Cluzeau, Saint-Romain, France

The Triumphal Arch of Orange, France

A nonbuilding structure, often referred to simply as a structure, is any built structure that is not a building, i.e. not designed for continuous human occupancy. The term is particularly used by architects, structural engineers, and mechanical engineers to distinguish load-bearing structures not designed for continuous human occupancy. ^[1]

Examples

• Aerial lift pylons
• Avalanche dams
• Barriers ^[2]
• Beehive stone
• Blast furnaces
• Boat lifts
• Brick kilns
• Bridges ^[3] and bridge-like structures (aqueducts, overpasses, trestles, viaducts, etc.)
• Bus stops
• Canals
  • Aqueduct
    • Acequia
• Carports
• Chimneys and flue-gas stacks
• Coke ovens
• Communications towers
• Conservatories
• Covered bridges ^[3]
• Dams
• Docks
• Dolphins
• Driveways
• Electricity grids
• Elevators
• Fountains
• Ferris wheels
• Ferry slips
• Flumes
• Footpaths
• Fortifications
• Fractionating towers
• Garden
• Gates ^[2]
  • Gate guardian
  • Pylon
• Granaries
• Greenhouses
• Hayracks
• Hay barracks
• Headframes
• Infrastructures
• Landmarks
• Marinas
• Monoliths
• Megaliths
• Memorials
  • Monuments
• Mounds
  • Stupas
• Offshore oil platforms (except for the production and housing facilities)
• Oil depots
• Oil platforms
• Piers ^[3]
• Pitch
• Pyramids
• Radio masts and towers
• Railroads
• Ramadas
• Retaining walls
• Roads
• Roller coasters
• Sheds
• Ski lifts
• Silos ^[3]
• Storage tanks
• Street lights ^[2]
• Street signs ^[2]
• Swimming pools ^[3]
• Structures designed to support, contain or convey liquid or gaseous matter, including
  • Cooling towers
  • Distillation equipment and structural supports at chemical and petrochemical plants and oil refineries
• Tank farms
• Thoroughfares
• Tombs
• Towers of some types
  • Lattice towers
  • Obelisks
• Tramways and aerial tramways
• Transmission towers
• Triumphal arches
• Tunnels
• Underwater habitats
• Water towers ^[3]
• Wharves ^[3]
• Windmills

Exceptions

Dulles Airport control tower

Some structures that are occupied periodically and would otherwise be considered "nonbuilding structures" are categorized as "buildings" for life and fire safety purposes:^{[ citation needed ]}

• Aviation control towers
• Cruise ships
• Factories
• Kiosks
• Lighthouses
• Outhouses
• Power stations
• Refineries
• Warehouses

See also

• Architectural engineering

References

1. International Code Council (2003). 2003 International Building Code . International Code Council. ISBN   1-892395-79-7.
2. Prasad, Deo K.. Designing with solar power: a source book for building integrated photovoltaics (BiPV). Mulgrave, Vic.: Images ;, 2005. Print.
3. Kunreuther, Howard, and Richard J. Roth. Paying the price the status and role of insurance against natural disasters in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 1998. Print.