Building types

thumb|The Prophet's Mosque in [[Medina, one of the holiest mosques in Islam]]

building for Christian worship

thumb|Eldridge Street Synagogue in [[New York City, United States]]

thumb|299x299px|The 12th-century Angkor Wat temple complex in [[Cambodia is the largest religious structure in the world and is dedicated to the Hindu deity Vishnu.]] thumb|right|300px|Borobudur temple, the largest [[Buddhist temple in the world, located in Central Java, Indonesia.]] thumb|300x300px|The Erechtheion in [[Athens, Greece, is associated with some of the most ancient and holy relics of the Athenians, such as the Palladion, a xoanon of Athena Polias]] thumb|300x300px|Ram Mandir at [[Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India, dedicated to Hindu deity Rama. The temple was opened on 22 January 202

A skyscraper is a tall building with many habitable floors. Most modern sources define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition, other than being very tall high-rise buildings. Skyscrapers may host offices, hotels, residential spaces, and retail spaces. Skyscrapers are a common feature of large cities, especially in the Americas, Asia, and Australia, often due to a high demand for space and limited availability of land.

A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves, common across Asia. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most often Buddhist, but sometimes Taoist or Hindu, and were often in or near viharas. The pagoda traces its origins to the stupa, while its design was developed in ancient India. Chinese pagodas () are a traditional part of Chinese architecture. In addition to religious use, since ancient times Chinese pagodas have been valued for the spectacular views they offer, and many classical poems attest to the joy of scaling pagodas.

building for performances by actors

thumb|Grain bins in [[Cashton, Wisconsin]] thumb|Grain elevators are composed of groups of grain silos, such as these at [[Port Giles, South Australia.]] thumb|Silos in Acatlán, Hidalgo|Acatlán, Hidalgo, Mexico

thumb|right | Sarmatian Kurgan, fourth century BC, Fillipovka, South Urals, Russia. A dig led by [[Russian Academy of Sciences Archeology Institute Prof. L. Yablonsky excavated this kurgan in 2006. It is the first kurgan known to have been completely destroyed and then rebuilt to its original appearance.]]

right|thumb|A rural shed right|thumb|Modern secure bike sheds right|thumb|A garden shed with a gambrel roof

thumbnail|Broadway Tower, Worcestershire|Broadway Tower, [[Worcestershire, England]] thumb|The Dunmore Pineapple in Scotland (attributed to William Chambers) thumb|Built in 1912, the Swallow's Nest is one of the Neo-Gothic châteaux fantastiques in [[Crimea.]] thumb|Modern reconstruction of the Turkish Tent, a permanent structure at Painshill, [[Surrey]]

thumb|Ribat of Monastir, [[Tunisia]]

thumb|300px|, an ancient marae constructed of stone on in the Society Islands of [[French Polynesia, restored in 1994]]

thumb|A decorated paifang in Shanghai A paifang, also known as a pailou, is a traditional style of Chinese architecture, often used in arch or gateway structures.

place of worship for the Bahá'í Faith

building specially designed for indoor horse riding

thumb|450px|Terraces on Maungawhau / Mount Eden, marking the sites of the defensive palisades and ditches of this former pā

thumb|The ekklesia in Athens convened on a hill called the Pnyx In Ancient Greece, the ekklesiasterion (ἐκκλησιαστήριον) was the meeting place of the popular assembly (ekklesia) in a democratic Greek city-state (polis, plural poleis).

wells or reservoirs built as part of the temple complex near Indian temples

thumb|275px|Tōfuku-ji's sanmon (Japan's National Treasure)

thumb|Traditional maneaba in Babaroroa, Arorae atoll, Kiribati thumb|Tenimanraoi maneaba in Betio, Kiribati The heart of any Kiribati community is its maneaba or meeting house. The maneaba is not just the biggest building in any village, it is the centre of village life and the basis of island and national governance.

thumb|Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau, near Hana, Hawaii|Hāna on [[Maui]] thumb|Pu'u O Mahuka Heiau thumb|Heiau, Mānoa Heritage Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2022-1025 thumb|An illustration of a heiau at Kealakekua Bay at the time of [[James Cook's third voyage, by William Ellis]]

Israeli air raid shelter

Small convenience store in the Philippines

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An earthscraper is a building that provides multiple stories of permanent space below ground where people may live: the inverse of very tall high-rise buildings. Though humans have been building structures underground for centuries, such dwellings are generally called Earth shelters, and typically are only one or two stories deep at most. It is the number or depth of below ground stories that distinguish an earthscraper.

An ukay-ukay ( ) or wagwagan ( ) is a Philippine store where a mix of secondhand and surplus items such as clothes, bags, shoes and other accessories are sold at a more affordable price. Items commonly sold at ukay-ukays are imported from Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

thumb|Common setup of a Filipino carinderia