building
Structure with rooms
A building is a structure with walls and a roof—houses, offices, factories, schools.
The word emphasizes the structure itself rather than its purpose: The building was condemned.
Building also names the act or process of construction: The building of the dam took three years.
It extends to any gradual creation: team building, nation building.
Professional work location
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- highriseMultistory urban building
- towerTall slender edifice
- headquartersCentral command location
lobby · plaza · mall · warehouse · factory · storefront · retail · industrial
One's personal residence
- apartmentRented unit in building
- houseResidential building
- condominiumOwned unit, shared grounds
- townhouseAttached multi-floor urban residence
dwelling · duplex · flat · bungalow · cottage · villa · mansion · tenement
Building or raising
- constructingActively assembling or building
- assemblingFitting parts together
- fabricatingManufacturing falsely
- craneLifter or wader
scaffolding · concrete · steel · rebar · framing · drywall · foundation · excavation
Underlying support structure
- beamStructural support member
- girderMain structural support beam
- columnVertical structural element
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
framework · joist · rafter · scaffolding · arch · vault · dome · spire
Deceptive outward appearance
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
- corniceOrnamental upper trim
frieze · pilaster · balustrade · architrave · keystone · quoin · gargoyle · parapet
Deploying capital for returns
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- capitalWealth used for investment
- mortgageSecured home loan
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
valuation · property · real estate · appraisal · loan · assets · portfolio · depreciation
View of urban architecture
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- towersTall vertical structures
- landmarkNotable point of reference
panorama · vista · urban · metropolis · downtown · profile · outline · skyscrapers
Place of safety
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
- havenShelter from danger
- cabinSimple wooden dwelling
- hutSmall crude dwelling
lean-to · yurt · tent · igloo · tepee · shack · shed · bunker
Gathering in increasing quantity
- growingIncreasing or enlarging
- developingBecoming more advanced
- increasingBecoming greater in amount
- amassingCollecting in quantity
momentum · escalating · intensifying · mounting · compounding · layering · gradual · incremental
office
Professional work location
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- highriseMultistory urban building
- towerTall slender edifice
headquarters · lobby · plaza · mall · warehouse · factory · storefront · retail · industrial · parking garage
home
One's personal residence
- apartmentRented unit in building
- houseResidential building
- condominiumOwned unit, shared grounds
townhouse · dwelling · duplex · flat · bungalow · cottage · villa · mansion · tenement · dormitory
erecting
Building or raising
- constructingActively assembling or building
- assemblingFitting parts together
- fabricatingManufacturing falsely
crane · scaffolding · concrete · steel · rebar · framing · drywall · foundation · excavation · contractor
foundation
Underlying support structure
truss · framework · joist · rafter · scaffolding · arch · vault · dome · spire · buttress
facade
Deceptive outward appearance
- blueprintDetailed technical drawing
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- pedimentTriangular architectural crowning element
cornice · frieze · pilaster · balustrade · architrave · keystone · quoin · gargoyle · parapet · ornamentation
investment
Deploying capital for returns
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- capitalWealth used for investment
- mortgageSecured home loan
equity · valuation · property · real estate · appraisal · loan · assets · portfolio · depreciation · landlord
cityscape
View of urban architecture
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
- silhouetteFilled-in outline shape
- towersTall vertical structures
landmark · panorama · vista · urban · metropolis · downtown · profile · outline · skyscrapers · backdrop
refuge
Place of safety
hut · lean-to · yurt · tent · igloo · tepee · shack · shed · bunker · dugout
accumulating
Gathering in increasing quantity
- growingIncreasing or enlarging
- developingBecoming more advanced
- increasingBecoming greater in amount
amassing · momentum · escalating · intensifying · mounting · compounding · layering · gradual · incremental · snowballing
- activitiesbowling, climbing, exercise, eating, baking
- Citycity, town, downtown, midtown, suburb
- creatingcreating, inventing, producing, generating, making
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- DIYwoodworking, carpentry, electrical, crafting, remodeling
- gamingvideo games, buff, games, PlayStation 4, gameplay
buildingruin
Complete destruction or collapse
ruins · rubble · wreck · wreckage · dilapidation
buildingdemolition
Deliberate structural destruction
destruction · dismantlement · tearing down · wrecking · demolishing
buildingtent
Portable fabric shelter
yurt · teepee · temporary shelter · mobile home · trailer
- building blocksBasic units for construction
- apartment buildingMulti-story residential structure
- building upIncreasing gradually
- office buildingStructure for professional work
- building bridgesFostering relationships between parties
- building restorationRepairing deteriorated structures
buildings, rebuilding, building societies, shipbuilding, outbuilding, bodybuilding, outbuildings, building blocks, building codes