ARCHITECTURE

DEFINATION OF UNITS

Mini-cell: a small room, used for bathrooms

Cell: one room

Passage: a narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building; a
passageway.

CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDINGS

1. SMALL BUILDINGS:
Mini-flat/studio apartment/huts/tent, flat/apartment, cottage, bungalow,
ranch, longhouse, split-level, tower, housecar, houseboat, warehouse,
farmhouse.
2. MEDIUM BUILDINGS:
Duplex, triplex, quadplex, townhouse, villa, mansion, low-rise apartment,
mid-rise apartments, high-rise apartments, condominium, palace, castle,
low-rise office building, mid-rise office building, high-rise office building,
skyscraper, shopping center,hotel, factory, power plant, hospital, school,
church, temple, mosque, city hall, fire station, police station, barracks,
museum.
3. LARGE BUILDINGS:
Arena, stadium, airport.
ite size purpose class Sub-class Category
m
1. small residential single detached Mini-flat/
studio
apartment

Flat/apartment bungalow

cottage

ranch

Longhouse

Split-level:

Tower:

Semi- Duplex
detached
house
Triplex

Quadplex

Townhouse

Multi- Villa
family

Mansion

Low-rise
apartments
 Mid-rise
condominiu
m

High-rise
condominiu
m

public Official
house residence
Palace Archbishop's
Palace

Bishop's Palace

Electoral Palace

Episcopal Palace

Presidential
palace

Residenz

Castle

Mobile Housecar
house

Houseboat

Tent

commercial Office Low-rise

buildin office
g building
(less than 7
stories)

Mid-rise
office
building (7–
25 stories)

High-rise
office
building
(more than
25 stories)

Skyscraper
(over 40
stories)

Shopping
center

Hotel

Retail Non- Super-regional

( shopp freestandin shopping
ing g center:
centers enclosed space;
800,000+ sqft
or shop
Regional
ping
shopping
malls) center:
enclosed space;
400,000–
800,000 sqft;
Community
shopping
center: open
space; 125,000–
400,000 sqft;
( supermarket,d
epartment
 store)
Strip or
convenience
shopping
center: open
space; less than
30,000 sqft
Lifestyle center

Freestandin Big box:

g 50,000+ sqft
Retail outlet:
manufacturers'
outlet stores;
50,000–
400,000 sqft

Power center:

Pop-up retail
hotel Full service
hotel

Travelers' Motel
hotel

Choultry

Caravan
serai

Extended stay
hotel

Boutique hotel

Casino
 Resort

Special Theme or
purpos amusement
e park
house

Aquarium

Bar
(establishme
nt)

Bowling alley

Car wash

Funeral
home

Self-storage

Theater

Zoo

industrial Factory Physical plant Light

manufacturi
ng plant

Heavy
manufacturi
 ng
mill

Wareh Bulk
ouse
Ice house

Cold room

High-cube

Warehouse
store
Flex Office
space building
Laboratory

Data center

Call center

Showroom

Tension
fabric
building
infrastr Composting
ucture
Desalination
plant
Waste
management
Power Power plant
generation

Thermal
power plant

Fossil fuel
power
station
 Nuclear
power plant

Geothermal
power plant

Biomas
power plant

Renewable
energy
power
station
Power Substation
distribution

Converter
hall

Rotary
converter
plant
Transmitter
building
Damp

pump house

Fake building

agricult Abattoir
ure
Barn

Chickenhouse

Cow-shed
 Farmhouse

Granary

Greenhouse

Haylott

Pigpen

Root cellar

Shed

Silo

Slaughterhou
se
Stable

Storm cellar

well house

Crib

Windmill

workshop

institu Medical hospital

tional
nursing homes

Mental
hospital

sanatorium
Educational Academy

Archive
 College

Elementary
schools

Middle
schools

Orphanage

Secondary
school

School

University

Nursery
school
Civic Arena
(stadium)

Library

Mudhif

Madan

Museum

Observator
y

Community
hall
Religious Church Basilica
facilities

Cathedr
 al

Chapel

Oratory

Martyri
um

Imambarga
h

Monastery

Mithraeum

Shrine

Synagogue

Temple

Pagoda

Gudwara

Hindu
temple

mosque
Government City hall

Consulate

Courthouse

Embassy

Fire
stationmee
 ting house

Moot hall

Parliament
houise

Police
station

Post office

assembly
Military Arsenal

Barracks

Bunker

Blockhouse

Citadel

Missile
launch
facility
Transport Airport

Bus station

Metro
(subway)

Taxi station

Railway
station
 Lighthouse

Shipyard

Spaceport

Hovercraft

Passenger
terminal

Boasthouse

Parking
garage

Hangar
Historical Communal
oven
Other Aul

Bathhouse

Film studio

Folly

Gym

Pavilion

Shelter
other Bakehouse

tent
S/N CLASS MIN (M) MAX SUB MIN MAX SUB- MIN MAX
(M) - SUB-
CLA CLASS
SS

A 3+×3+ 11×11

A 3×3 33×33 B 12×12 22×22

C 23×23 33×33

1. A 34×34 44×44

SMAL 3×3 99×99 B 34×34 66×66 B 45×45 55×55

L
C 56×56 66×66

A 67×67 77×77

C 67×67 99×99 B 78×78 88×88

C 89×89 99×99

A 100×100 111×111

B 112×112 122×22

A 100×100 133×133 C 123×123 133×133

B 134×134 166×166 A 134×134 144×144

 B 145×145 155×155

C 156×156 166×166

A 167×167 177×177

B 178×178 188×188
C 167×167 199×199

C 189×189 199×199

A 200×200 211×211

B 212×212 222×222

A 200×200 233×233 C 222×222 233×233

A 234×234 244×244

B 245×245 255×255

B 234×234 266×266 C 256×256 266×266

3.
A 267×267 277×277

B 278×278 288×288
LARGE 200×200 300×300
C 267×267 300×300 C 289×289 300+×300+

parts of a building

item part height Thicknes length Types refs

s/frame

1. walls - 0.3m -

2. room 3m - -
3. window 2.1m- 0.05m 2.7m-
0.6m 0.6m

4. door 2.4m- 0.5m 1.1m-

2m 0.6m

5. roof

6.

7.

8.