Engineering:List of building types

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Residential

Single-family detached

Examples of single-family detached house types include:

  • Bungalow
  • Central-passage house (North America)
  • Chattel house (Caribbean)
  • 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)

Front view of a nursing home in Wetherby, England, U.K.
A nursing home in Wetherby, England, U.K.
  • Garden or walk-up apartments: 1–5 stories, 50–400 units, no elevators[1]
  • Mid-rise apartments/condos: 5–9 stories, 30–110 units, with elevators[1]
  • High-rise apartments/condos: 9+ stories, 100+ units, professionally managed[1]
  • Special-purpose group housing[1]
    • 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.[1]

Office

An office building in Accra, Ghana.
An office building in Accra, Ghana.

Office buildings are generally categorized by size and by quality (e.g., "a low-rise Class A building")[2]

  • 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[3][4]
    • 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[3]

Retail

Retail buildings are categorized by their configuration and size[5]

Interior view of the Hamilton Place Mall, a shopping mall in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Interior view of a shopping mall in Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
  • 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

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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

Special-purpose

A car wash in Prudnik, Poland
  • Theme or amusement park
  • Aquarium
  • Bar (establishment)
  • Bowling alley
  • Car wash
  • Funeral home
  • Marina
  • Self-storage
  • Theater
  • Zoo

Industrial

Industrial buildings are primarily used for the production and storage/distribution of goods, among other uses.[6]

Manufacturing

A heavy manufacturing plant in Loudi, Hunan province, China
A heavy manufacturing plant in Loudi, Hunan province, China
  • Light manufacturing
  • Heavy manufacturing

Warehouse/distribution

A fulfillment center in Macon, Georgia, U.S.

Flex space

  • Office building
  • Laboratory
  • Data center
  • Call center
  • Showroom

Infrastructure

A power plant in Moscow, Russia

Agricultural


Institutional

A hospital in Limassol District, Cyprus
  • Medical
    • Hospital
    • Nursing homes
    • Mental hospital
    • Sanatorium
  • Educational
    • Archive
    • College
    • Elementary schools
    • Orphanage
    • Secondary School
    • School
    • University
    • Nursery school
      A mudhif near Lagash, Iraq
  • Civic
  • Religious Facilities (Place of worship)
  • Government
    • City hall
    • Consulate
    • Courthouse
    • Embassy
    • Fire station
    • Meeting house
    • Moot hall
    • Parliament house
    • Police station
    • Post office
    • Assembly
  • Military
  • 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
      A gym in Tatsuno, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
  • Historical
  • Other
    • Aul
    • Bathhouse
    • Film studio
    • Folly
    • Gym
    • Pavilion
    • Shelter

Other

  • Bakehouse

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Schmidt, Robert (2018-11-25). "Types of Commercial Real Estate" (in en-US). PropertyMetrics. https://www.propertymetrics.com/blog/2013/02/27/types-of-commercial-real-estate/. 
  2. ↑ Sicola, Maria (March 2017). "Office Terminology" (PDF). Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions. The NAIOP Research Foundation. pp. 27–31. https://www.naiop.org/-/media/Research/Research/Research-Reports/Terms-and-Definitions/CRE-Terms-and-Definitions-2017.ashx?la=en. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "CoStar Building Rating System". http://buildingratingsystem.com/Source/CoStar_BuildingRatingSystem.pdf. 
  4. ↑ Kugler, Thomas. "Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International" (in en). https://www.boma.org/BOMA/Research-Resources/Industry_Resources/BuildingClassDefinitions.aspx. 
  5. ↑ Sicola, Maria (March 2017). "Retail Terminology" (PDF). Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions. The NAIOP Research Foundation. pp. 32–36. https://www.naiop.org/-/media/Research/Research/Research-Reports/Terms-and-Definitions/CRE-Terms-and-Definitions-2017.ashx?la=en. 
  6. ↑ Sicola, Maria (March 2017). "Industrial Terminology" (PDF). Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions. The NAIOP Research Foundation. pp. 21–26. https://www.naiop.org/-/media/Research/Research/Research-Reports/Terms-and-Definitions/CRE-Terms-and-Definitions-2017.ashx?la=en. 



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