List of building types

This is a list of building types, useful for ideas when building up a community.

Agricultural buildings

• Barn
• Chicken coop or chicken house
• Farm house
• Farms by types
  • Dairy farm
  • Fish farm
  • Fruit farm
  • Horse farm/ranch
  • Plantation/hacienda
  • Poultry farm
  • Prison farm
  • Ranches
  • Tree farm
• Farmstead
• Farmyard
• Field
• Garden
• Granary
• Greenhouse
• Hay loft
• Horse mill
• Market garden
• Orchard
• Pasture
• Pigpen or sty
• Root cellar
• Shed
• Stable
• Station (agriculture, usually found in Australia and elsewhere)
• Storage silo
• Storm cellar
• Tide mill
• Vineyard
• Water well (Well house)
• Watermill
• Wind mill

Commercial buildings

• Antique store
• Arcade
• Auction house
• Bakery
  • Bread store
  • Cake shop
  • Pie shop
  • Pastry shop
  • Cupcake shop
  • Cookie shop
• Bank
• Bar, Pub, Tavern
• Barber
• Bowling alley
• Brothel
• Butcher
• Car mechanic
• Car sales lot
• Car rental lot
• Casino
• Commodity exchange
• Dentist's office
• Doctor's office
• Forum
• Gas station
• Hair Stylist, Salon
• Hotel
  • Bed and Breakfast
  • Inn
  • Motel
  • Resort hotel
• Markets
  • Convenience store
  • Grocery store
  • Supermarket
  • Delicatessen
  • Farmer's market
  • Flea market
• Nightclub
  • Jazz club
  • Dance club
• Office building
• Pawn shop
• Real estate office
• Restaurants
  • Coffee shop/diner
  • Dinner club
  • Fast food/Drive through restaurant
  • Fine Dining restaurant
  • Ice cream parlor/shop
  • Italian restaurant
  • Mexican restaurant
  • Pizza parlor
  • Seafood restaurant
  • Thai restaurant
• Skyscrapers
• Shops/stores
  • Bicycle store
  • Bookstore/bookshop
  • Candle shop
  • Candy store/shop
  • Clothing store
  • Coffee stand
  • Comic Book store
  • Flower shop
  • Furniture store
  • Game, Tackle, Bait store
  • Glass shop
  • Hardware store
  • Hobby store
  • Jewelry store
  • Liquor store
  • Newsstand
  • Pet store
  • Pharmacy
  • Print store
  • Quilt shop
  • Record, Music, Instrument store
  • Sewing shop
  • Toy shop/store
• Seamstress/Tailor
• Shopping mall/center
• Stock exchange
• Video rental

Dwellings

• Apartment block
• Asylum
• Condominium
• Dormitory
• Duplex
• House
• Manor
• Mansion
• Nursing home
• Psychiatric hospital

Educational buildings

• College
  • Classroom Building
  • Dormitory
  • Gymnasium
  • Students' union
• School
• Library
• University

Arts, culture, and entertainment buildings

• Art gallery
• Amphitheater
• Concert hall
• Museum
  • Museum of fine arts
  • Museum of history
• Opera house
• Symphony
• Sports venues
  • Arena
  • Ball field
  • Stadium
• Theater
  • Movie theater
  • Performing arts theaters (or center for the performing arts)

Government buildings

• Capitol
• City hall
• Consulate (Consular office)
• County courthouse
• Courthouse
• Embassy
• Federal (or equivalent if any) courthouse
• Fire station
• Palace
• Parliament
• Post office

Law enforcement buildings

• County jail
• Jail
• Police administrative headquarter
• Police station
• Prison
• Sheriff's office
• State (or equivalent if any) police headquarter
• State (or equivalent if any) police posts

Industrial buildings

• Brewery
• Coal mine
• Coal power plant
• Factory
• Foundry
• Lumber mill
• Lumberyard
• Machine shop
• Manufacturing plant
• Mill
• Mine
• Nuclear power plant
• Oilfield
• Oil rig
• Paper mill
• Power plant
• Refinery
• Shipyard

Military buildings

• Barracks
• Bunker
  • Blockhouse
• Castle
• Citadel
• City gate
• Defensive wall
• Fort
• Fortification
• Tower

Parking and storage

• Aircraft hangar
• Barn
• Boathouse
• Parking garage
• Garage
• Shed
• Storage silo
• Warehouse

Religious buildings

• Church
  • Basilica
  • Cathedral
  • Chapel
  • Oratory
• Mosque
• Monastery
• Fire Temple
• Pyramid
• Shrine
• Synagogue
• Temple
• Pagoda

Transit stations

• Airports/Airfields
  • Airports by types
    • International airports
    • Municipal airports
    • Regional airports
  • Airport terminal
• Bus station
• Metro (subway, underground) station
• Train station
  • Signal box

Other

• Aqueduct
• Arcology
• Bathhouse
• Burial sites
  • Cemeteries
  • Graveyards
• Hospital
• Low-energy buildings
• Marina
• Triumphal arch