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BUILDINGS

Man made structure


It has roaf and walls

building materials available;


wheather conditions;
land prices;
ground conditions;
specific uses;
aesthetic uses

Nonbuilding
structures
Refers to any body or system of connected parts used to
support a load that was not designed for continuous human
occupancy
Examples:
aerial lift pylon;
aqueduct(water supply);
barriers;
boat lifts;
bridges;
canals;
communcations tower;
dams;
fortifications;
monuments;
radio masts and towers;
roads.

Buildings serve several needs of


society

Shelther from weather

Security

Living space

Privacy

To store belongings

Live and work

Building types
1.Agricultural Buildings
house farm
forestry implements
hay
grain
poultry
livestock
other horticultural or wood products.

2.Commercial Buildings
Acommercial buildingis abuildingthat is used
forcommercialuse.
Types can include:
Automobile repair shop
Bank
Car wash
Gas station
Hotel
Market
Market house
Skyscraper
Shopping mall
Supermarket
Warehouse
Restaurant

3.RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS

often calledhousesorhomes;

residential buildings containing


more than one dwelling unit are
called aduplex;

acondominiumis an apartment
that the occupant owns rather than
rents;

semi-detached, all but two of the


houses have others either side;

building types may range


fromhutsto multi-million dollar
high-riseapartment blocksable
to house thousands of people.

ential buildings have different names for there use depending if they
-seasonal include
holiday cottage(vacation
home) or timeshare;
-size such as acottageor
great house;
-value such as ashackor
mansion;
-manner of construction
such as alog homeor
mobile home;
-proximity to the ground
such asearth sheltered
house,stilt house, or
tree house.

4.Educational
Buildings
Buildingsdesignedforvariousactivitiesinaprimary,secondary,orhigher

educationalsystem
College:
-Oftenincludinglivingareasforstudents
Classroombuilding
Gymnasium
Students' union
School
Library
Museum:
Art gallery
Theater (building):
Amphitheater
Concert hall
Cinema
Opera house
Boarding schools

5.Industrial Buildings
designedtohouseindustrialoperations
providethenecessaryconditionsforworkersandtheoperationof

industrialequipment
Industrialbuildingsareclassifiedaccordingtocertainbasicchara
cteristics:
-numberofstories;
-handlingequipmentused;
-typeofillumination;
-air-exchangesystemused;
-temperaturecontrolinproductionareas.

Types of industrial buildings:

Brewery
Factory
Foundry
Power plant
Mill:
Watermill
Wind mill
Horse mill
Tide mill

6.Military buildings

designed to house functions performed by a military unit.


Types:
-Arsenal
-Barracks
-Bunker
Blockhouse
-Castle
-Citadel
-Fortification

7. Religious buildings
structures with large open
interiors;
built for religious worship,
prayer, or ceremonies;
often have prominenttowers,
spires, anddomes.

Church

Types:

Basilica
Cathedral
Duomo
Chapel
Oratory
Martyrium

Mosque
Mihrab
Surau

Monastery
Fire temple
Pyramid
Shrine
Synagogue
Temple
Gurdwara
Hindu temples

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