Building

A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof, walls and often windows, usually standing permanently in one place, such as a house or factory. Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the concept, see Nonbuilding structure for contrast. thumb|right| A historical building in Tabriz, [[Iran]] Buildings serve several societal needs – occupancy,

building, modifying, or repairing something without the aid of experts or professionals

thumb|right|A storey plan (the red floor would be the 5th in North American convention, or 4th in the European convention)

building technique, construction method using heavy squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers

architecture designed to minimize environmental and resource impact

coating applied as a free-flowing, dry powder

250px|thumb|Celsus Library in [[Ephesus (Turkey), anastylosis carried out 1970–1978]]

building method that uses bales of straw (commonly wheat, rice, rye and oats straw) as structural elements, building insulation, or both

lightweight constructions using shell elements

Open data schema and file formats for BIM, standardized as ISO 16739-1 (buildingSMART)

any type of house that uses less energy than a traditional or average contemporary house

building desgined to be independent from public infrastructure

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load-bearing member in timber construction

government permission required for construction or expansion

thumb|right|220px|Self-build house (EVA Lanxmeer, Nederland) Self-build is the process of creating an individual home or building through a variety of methods. The self-builder's input into this process varies from doing the actual construction, also known as DIY, to contracting certain works to an architect or building package company.

process of renovating, improving or making changes to a home

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wall construction from pieces of wood that are permanently fixed with mortar or clay

structures designed to protect buildings from earthquakes

thumb|Base of 30 St Mary Axe, London, UK thumb|The world's first hyperboloid structure|world's first diagrid hyperboloid structure in Polibino, Russia thumb|MyZeil, Frankfurt, Germany thumb|CCTV Headquarters, Beijing, China

building process

reuse of an existing building for a new purpose

building system where horizontal elements (beams or lintels) are held up by vertical elements (posts)

co-operative housing corporation where individuals or families work together to directly construct in a cooperative fashion

building designed and built to be movable rather than permanently located

measure of roof steepness

utilisation of the thermal energy contained in the wastewater

type of building

type of roof

thumb|A bundwerk barn or stadel thumb|left|A bundwerk stadel (detail) thumb|Bundwerk detail on a farmhouse in Glonn Bundwerk is a method of building with timber that was used especially in the 19th century in Austria, South Tyrol and Bavaria. After log construction and timber framing, bundwerk is one of the most widespread forms of timber building techniques. It involved using wooden beams that were arranged partly in a lattice or diagonally over a cross. It often decorated the front and gable sides of agricultural buildings, frequently the grain barn or Stadel of quadrangular farms (Vierseith