residential buildings

Places people live

Residential buildings are structures designed for people to live in—houses, apartment complexes, condominiums, dormitories.

The term distinguishes dwellings from commercial, industrial, or institutional buildings.

The zoning board approved the residential buildings but rejected the office tower.

Fire codes for residential buildings differ from those for warehouses.

Related

walk-up apartment · boarding house · cottage · cooperative housing · duplex · split level · single family home · tenements · colonial · transitional housing · senior housing · retirement community · subsidized housing · public housing · craftsman · townhouse · rental property · Mediterranean

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Opposites
primary use/function

residential buildingscommercial buildings

Structures for enterprise use

industrial buildings · commercial property · office buildings · factories · warehouses

occupancy type

residential buildingsworkplaces

Sites of employment

public facilities · industrial facilities · places of business

land use zoning

residential buildingscommercial zones

Areas designated for trade

industrial zones · commercial real estate · industrial estates · business districts · agricultural land

Family

build, building, resident, residence, reside

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G