The broad terms this atlas uses for buildings in general and for kinds of construction rather than for one purpose: the building itself, the facility built to serve a particular activity, the air supported fabric structure, and the German schloss, a word for a building similar to a chateau, palace or manor house. A building belongs here when its cited article defines a general term or a method of construction instead of one use. It excludes terms for a particular use, which sit in the groups for performance venues, garden structures and food buildings.
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Building (Wikipedia)
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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.
Facility (Wikipedia)
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A facility is a place for doing something, or a place that facilitates an activity.
Schloss (Wikipedia)
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formerly written Schloß, is the German term for a building similar to a château, palace, or manor house.
Air-supported structure (Wikipedia)
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An air-supported (or air-inflated) structure is any building that derives its structural integrity from the use of internal pressurized air to inflate a pliable material (i.e. structural fabric) envelope, so that air is the main support of the structure, and where access is via airlocks.
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