List of building types
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
A list of structural building types and forms of architecture.
For individual buildings, see List of buildings and structures. For other types of structures see nonbuilding structure.
Contents
- 1 Agricultural buildings
- 2 Commercial buildings
- 3 Residential buildings
- 4 Educational buildings
- 5 Government buildings
- 6 Industrial buildings
- 7 Military buildings
- 8 Parking structures and storage
- 9 Religious buildings
- 10 Transport buildings
- 11 Infrastructure
- 12 Power stations/plants
- 13 Others
- 14 See also
Agricultural buildings
- Barn
- Chicken coop or chickenhouse
- Cow-shed
- Farmhouse
- Granary, Hórreo
- Greenhouse
- Hayloft
- Pigpen or sty
- Root cellar
- Shed
- Silo
- Stable
- Storm cellar
- Well house
Commercial buildings
- Automobile repair shop
- Car wash
- Convention center
- Forum
- Gas station
- Hotel
- Internet cafe
- Market
- Market house
- Skyscraper
- Shop
- Shopping mall
- Supermarket
- Warehouse
- Restaurant
collector buliding
Residential buildings
- Apartment block
- Asylum
- Condominium
- Dormitory
- Duplex
- House - see List of house types
- Nursing home
- Townhouse
- Villa
- Bungalow
- Unit
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Educational buildings
- Archive
- College
- Classroom building
- Gymnasium
- Students' union
- School
- Library
- Museum
- Theater (building)
- Boarding schools
Government buildings
- Capitol
- City hall
- Consulate
- Courthouse
- Embassy
- Fire station
- Meeting house
- Moot hall
- Palace
- Parliament
- Police station
- Post office
- Prison
Industrial buildings
Military buildings
Parking structures and storage
Religious buildings
- Church
- Mosque
- Imambargah
- Monastery
- Mithraeum
- Fire temple
- Pyramid
- Shrine
- Synagogue
- Temple
- Pagoda
- Gurdwara
- Hindu temples
Transport buildings
- Airport terminal
- Bus station
- Metro (subway, underground) station
- Taxi station
- Railway station (or, primarily in US, Railroad station)
- Lighthouse
- Parking garage
Infrastructure
Power stations/plants
- Fossil-fuel power station
- Nuclear power plant
- Geothermal power
- Biomass-fuelled power plant
- Waste heat power plant
- Renewable energy power station
Others
- Apartment
- Bakery
- Beauty salon
- Bookstore or bookshop
- Clinic
- Community hall
- Department store
- Eatery
- Fast-food restaurant
- Film studio
- Floristry
- Folly
- Food court
- Gym
- Hospice
- Hospital
- Hut
- Hypermarket
- Low-energy buildings
- Mini market
- Office building
- Pizzeria
- Plant nursery
- Pub
- Bathhouse
- Skyscraper
- Stall
- Sport club
- Vet
- Wet market
- Workshop
- World trade centre
