Building

A building is an enclosed, habitable structure. Building counts are widely used on Quotro as an indication of the size of a settlement or area, and the political power of a player or group.
== Definition ==
The Local Government and Settlements Act, 2016 officially defines a building as an at least partially player built structure that must
# Have an area exceeding 16 square meters (walls are only counted if they are above ground)
# Have at least one room, which is an enclosed structure with
## At least one light source
## An accessible entrance
## Space for a two block wide cube to sit flat on the ground, with all furniture removed
# Not share any blocks with another building, except underground or anywhere above ground if passage is still possible between the buildings.
# Not be floored by any of the following forbidden blocks:
#* Dirt, grass, crops, podzol, mycelium, grass path or coarse dirt
#* Sand, except red sand.
#* Leaves
#* Liquids or other non-solid blocks.
#* Slime blocks
#* Any block that is not a full one metre long and wide.
#* Doors
#* Trapdoors, unless there are at least four other acceptable blocks in the room.
#* Redstone repeaters or comparators
#* Any block without a flat top surface, except stairs
#* Barrier blocks, structure void or air.
#* Ice, packed ice or blue ice.
#* Snow layers
#* Beds
#* TNT
== Derivative Definitions ==
=== Tower ===
A tower is a building that is at least 30 m tall from the floor of the lowest open air door to its highest point, or has at least 30 m of artificial prominence. The artificial prominence is the shortest height from the highest point to natural terrain. The height of a tower is the greater of these two heights. For example, a building may have a height of 30 m when measuring from its lowest exterior door to its highest point, but may be 32 blocks tall if it has a two metre foundation.
=== High-Rise Building ===
A high-rise building is measured the same as a tower, but instead of measuring to the absolute highest point, it is measured to the architectural tip - i.e. the highest point that is part of the design of the building. The architectural tip would be lower than the absolute height if the highest point is, for example, an antenna or an air conditioning unit. A spire is included in the architectural height. A high-rise building must have at least one floor for ever 8 m of height, otherwise it is only a tower (all high-rises are also towers). A high-rise building with a height of at least 64 m is also referred to as a skyscraper.
Category:Buildings