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List of building types

List of building types

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

For individual buildings, see Lists of buildings and structures. For other types of structures, see Nonbuilding structure.
Not to be confused with List of architectural styles.
Main article: Building

Residential

Main article: List of house types

Single-family detached

Further information: Single-family detached home and House

Examples of single-family detached house types include:

Single-family attached (small multi-family)

Large multi-family (apartments/flats/condos)

Further information: Multi-family residential, Apartment, and Condominium (living space)
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]

Public

Commercial

Commercial buildings, generally, are buildings used by businesses to sell their products to consumers.[1]

Office

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
  • 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 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

Main article: Hotel
A hotel in Bariloche, Argentina

Special-purpose

A car wash in Prudnik, Poland

Industrial

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

Manufacturing

Main article: Manufacturing
A heavy manufacturing plant in Loudi, Hunan province, China

Warehouse/distribution

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

Flex space

Main article: Flex space
Tension fabric buildings

Infrastructure

A power plant in Moscow, Russia

Infrastructure buildings house equipment and facilities related to public infrastructure.

Agricultural

Institutional

A hospital in Limassol District, Cyprus

Other

See also

Media related to Buildings by function at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. [1]
    Schmidt, Robert (2018-11-25). "Types of Commercial Real Estate". PropertyMetrics. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  2. [2]
    Sicola, Maria (March 2017). "Office Terminology". Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions (PDF). The NAIOP Research Foundation. pp. 27–31.
  3. [3]
    "CoStar Building Rating System" (PDF). CoStar.
  4. [4]
    Kugler, Thomas. "Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International". Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International. Retrieved 2018-11-25.
  5. [5]
    Sicola, Maria (March 2017). "Retail Terminology". Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions (PDF). The NAIOP Research Foundation. pp. 32–36.
  6. [6]
    Sicola, Maria (March 2017). "Industrial Terminology". Commercial Real Estate Terms and Definitions (PDF). The NAIOP Research Foundation. pp. 21–26.
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