building
structure, typically enclosed with a roof and walls, standing more or less permanently in one place
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Summary
building is a type of structure[1]. building draws 5,929 Wikipedia views per month (type of structure category, ranking #1,244 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: type of physical object[3]
- Subclass of: architectural structure[4]
- Commons category: Buildings[5]
- Has part(s): storey[6], façade[7], roof[8], basement[9], balcony[10], wall[11], structural support[12], window[13], ceiling[14], floor[15], door[16], ground floor[17], column[18], stairs[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Building[20]
- Described at URL: https://www.whosonfirst.org/docs/placetypes/#building[21]
- OpenStreetMap tag: building=yes[22]
- Described by source: Lean Logic[23], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[24], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[25], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[26], Kartographer icon[27], Kenchiku-gaku Yōgo Jiten (Dai 2-han)[28], Encyclopedia of Architecture and Building (2nd edition)[29], Dictionary of architecture & construction (3rd edition)[30], A Dictionary of Construction, Surveying and Civil Engineering (2 ed.)[31]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox building[32]
- Has characteristic: type of building[33]
- Main Wikidata property: P3032[34]
- Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Building[35]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C80231[36]
- Name in kana: けんちくぶつ[37]
- Different from: fixed construction[38], Building[39], architecture[40], architectural structure[41], nonbuilding structure[42]
- Properties for this type: P131[43], P17[44], P84[45], P149[46], P455[47], P454[48], P1398[49], P669[50], P1419[51], P462[52], P1101[53], P1139[54], P527[55], P193[56]
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Influence
Things named for building include BASE jumping[57], a type of sport[58].
Why It Matters
building has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[59] building is known by 96 alternative names across languages and contexts.[60]
Entities named for building include BASE jumping[57], a type of sport[58].