# List of building types

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

## Residential
### 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

* 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

* 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

* 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
* 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 schoolA mudhif near Lagash, Iraq
* Civic
** Arena (or stadium)
** Library
** Mudhif: a traditional reed house made by the Madan people of Iraq
** Museum
** Observatory
** Community hallA 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
** MosqueTown 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
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* 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
** HangarA gym in Tatsuno, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
* Historical
** Communal oven
* Other
** Aul
** Bathhouse
** Film studio
** Folly
** Gym
** Pavilion
** Shelter

## Other

* Bakehouse
* Tent