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Main article: Building}}This is a list of building types. It is sorted by broad category: [[residential buildings]], [[commercial buildings]], [[industrial buildings]], and [Infrastructure, [infrastructural buildings]].{{toc right

Residential

Main article: List of house types

Single-family detached

Examples of single-family detached house types include:

Bungalow
Central-passage house (North America)
Chattel house (Caribbean)
Château (France)
Cottage (various)
Courtyard house (various)
Konak (Asia)
Log house (various)
Mansion (various)
Housebarn (various)
Split level home (various)
Upper Lusatian house (Europe)

Single-family attached (small multi-family)

Duplex, semi-detached, double-decker, or two-family
Triplex, triple-decker or three-family
Quadplex, quadruple, or four-family
Townhouse or terraced house

Large multi-family (apartments/flats/condos)

Garden or walk-up apartments: 1–5 stories, 50–400 units, no elevators
Mid-rise apartments/condos: 5–9 stories, 30–110 units, with elevators
High-rise apartments/condos: 9+ stories, 100+ units, professionally managed
Special-purpose group housing
- Retirement home
- Nursing home
- Dormitory

Public

Official residence
Palace
- Archbishop's Palace
- Bishop's palace
- Electoral Palace
- Episcopal Palace
- Presidential palace
- Residenz

Commercial

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

Office

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

Office buildings by size
- Low-rise (less than 7 stories)
- Mid-rise (7–25 stories)
- High-rise (more than 25 stories), including skyscrapers (over 40 stories)
Office buildings by quality
- Trophy or 5-star building: A landmark property designed by a recognized architect
- Class A or 4-star building: Rents in the top 30-40% of the local market; well-located; above-average upkeep and management; usually older than a trophy/5-star building
- Class B or 3-star building: Rents between Class A and Class C; fair-to-good locations; average upkeep and management
- Class C or 2-star building: Rents in the bottom 10-20% of the local market; less-desirable locations; below-average upkeep and management
- 1-star building: Does not meet the needs of typical tenants; may be obsolete and/or in need of significant renovation

Retail

Retail buildings are categorized by their configuration and size

Non-freestanding (also known as shopping centers or shopping malls)
- Super-regional shopping center: enclosed space; 800,000+ sqft; 5+ anchor stores with other tenants that sell a very large variety of goods
- Regional shopping center: enclosed space; 400,000–800,000 sqft; 1–5 anchor stores with other tenants that sell a large variety of goods
- Community shopping center: open space; 125,000–400,000 sqft; provides general merchandise and commodities (e.g., supermarket, discount department store)
- Neighborhood shopping center: open space; 3,000–125,000 sqft; provides commodities to nearby neighborhoods (e.g. drug store)
- Strip or convenience shopping center: open space; less than 30,000 sqft; located along suburban transportation arteries on shallow land parcels; a strip may be configured in a straight line, or have an "L" or "U" shape
- Lifestyle center: "Main Street" concept with pedestrian circulation in core and vehicular circulation along perimeter; upscale national chain specialty stores, dining or entertainment (e.g. The Grove, Los Angeles, CA; Americana at Brand, Glendale, CA)
Freestanding: any stand-alone retail structure that is not part of a complex
- Big box: freestanding category-dominant retailer; 50,000+ sqft (e.g. The Home Depot, Target, Walmart)
- Power center: among the largest types of retail properties; 3+ big box anchor stores; multiple large buildings with parking lot in front and loading in back; smaller retailers usually clustered in a community shopping center configuration
- Retail outlet: manufacturers' outlet stores; 50,000–400,000 sqft
- Pop-up retail: a retail location designed to only be in a location temporarily (e.g., a retail store that only opens during a holiday season)

Hotels

Main article: Hotel

A hotel in Bariloche, Argentina — A hotel in [[Bariloche, Argentina

Full service hotel
Travelers' hotel
- Motel
- Choultry
- Caravanserai
Extended stay hotel
Boutique hotel
Casino
Resort
Bunkhouse

Special-purpose

Theme or amusement park
Aquarium
Bar (establishment)
Bowling alley
Car wash
Funeral home
Marina
Movie theater
Self-storage
Theater
Zoo

Industrial

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

Factory
- Physical plant
Mill

Manufacturing

Main article: Manufacturing

Light manufacturing
Heavy manufacturing

Warehouse/distribution

Warehouses
- Bulk
- Ice house
- Cold/cool/refrigerator/freezer storage
- High-cube
- Warehouse store
Distribution/fulfillment centers
- Container terminals

Flex space

Main article: Flex space

Office building
Laboratory
Data center
Call center
Showroom
Tension fabric building

Infrastructure

Infrastructure buildings house equipment and facilities related to public infrastructure.

Composting
Desalination plant
Waste transfer
Power generation
- Power plant
- Thermal power plant
- Fossil-fuel power station
- Nuclear power plant
- Geothermal power
- Biomass power plant
- Renewable energy power station
Electric power distribution
- Substation
- Converter hall
- Rotary converter plant
Transmitter building
Dams
Pump house
Fake building

Agricultural

Abattoir
Barn
Chicken coop or chickenhouse
Cow-shed
Farmhouse
Granary, Hórreo
Greenhouse
Hayloft
Pigpen or sty
Root cellar
Shed
Silo
Slaughterhouse
Stable
Storm cellar
Well house
Crib
Windmill
Workshop

Institutional

Medical
- Hospital
- Nursing homes
- Mental hospital
- Sanatorium
Educational
- Academy
- Archive
- College
- Elementary schools
- Middle school
- Orphanage
- Secondary School
- School
- University
- Nursery school[[File:Mudhif Reception Hall (30943793762).jpg|thumb|A mudhif near [[Lagash]], Iraq]]
Civic
- Arena (or stadium)
- Library
- Mudhif: a traditional reed house made by the Madan people of Iraq
- Museum
- Observatory
- Community hall[[File:Katharinenkloster Sinai BW 2.jpg|thumb|A monastery in the [[Sinai Peninsula]], Egypt]]
- Research institute
  - Think tank
Religious Facilities (Place of worship)
- Church
  - Basilica
  - Cathedral
    - Duomo
  - Chapel
  - Oratory
  - Martyrium
- Imambargah
- Monastery
- Mithraeum
- Shrine
- Synagogue
- Temple
- Pagoda
- Gurdwara
- Hindu temple
- Mosque[[File:Town hall of Aosta (3).jpg|thumb|Town hall of [[Aosta, Italy]]]]
Government
- Town hall
  - Guildhall
- Consulate
- Courthouse
- Embassy
- Fire station
- Meeting house
- Moot hall
- Parliament house
- Police station
- Post office
- Assembly
Military
- Arsenal
- Barracks
- Bunker
- Blockhouse
- Citadel
- Missile launch facility[[File:Baikonur Cosmodrome Soyuz launch pad.jpg|alt=A spacepad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan|thumb|A spacepad in [[Baikonur]], Kazakhstan]]
Transport
- Airport
- Bus station
- Metro (subway, underground) station
- Taxi station
- Railway station (or, primarily in US, Railroad station)
  - Signal box
- Lighthouse
- Shipyard
- Spaceport
- Hovercraft
- Passenger terminal
- Boathouse
- Parking garage
- Hangar[[File:Hyogo Prefectural Tatsuno Senior High School02n4272.jpg|thumb|A gym in [[Tatsuno, Hyōgo|Tatsuno, Hyōgo Prefecture]], Japan]]
Historical
- Communal oven
Other
- Aul
- Bathhouse
- Film studio
- Folly
- Gym
- Pavilion
- Shelter

Other

Bakehouse
Tent

References

Schmidt, Robert. (2018-11-25). "Types of Commercial Real Estate". PropertyMetrics.
Sicola, Maria. (March 2017). "Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions". The NAIOP Research Foundation.
"CoStar Building Rating System".
Kugler, Thomas. "Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International".
Sicola, Maria. (March 2017). "Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions". The NAIOP Research Foundation.
Sicola, Maria. (March 2017). "Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions". The NAIOP Research Foundation.

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