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  2. Building typology - Wikipedia

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    A formal typology groups buildings according to their shape, scale, and site placement, etc. (Formal building typology is also sometimes referred to as morphology .) Lastly, a stylistic typology borrows from art history and identifies building types by their expressive traits, e.g. Doric, Ionic, Corinthian (subtypes of classical), baroque ...

  3. Typology (urban planning and architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In architecture and urban planning discourse, typology is sometimes distinguished from morphology, which is the study and classification of buildings according to their shape or form . When this dichotomy is employed between typology and morphology, the term typology tends to refer to the more limited aspects of buildings or urban sites ...

  4. List of building types - Wikipedia

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    Trophy or 5-star building: A landmark property designed by a recognized architect Class A or 4-star building: Rents in the top 30-40% of the local market; well-located; above-average upkeep and management; usually older than a trophy/5-star building

  5. Category:Buildings and structures by type - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 11 September 2024, at 08:32 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  6. Morphology (architecture and engineering) - Wikipedia

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    Recent contemporary advances in analytic and cross platform tools such as 3d printing, virtual reality, and building information modeling make the current contemporary typology formally difficult to pinpoint into one holistic definition.

  7. Classification of Types of Construction - Wikipedia

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    The Classification of types of construction (CC), is a nomenclature for the classification of constructions (i.e. buildings) according to their type.It is based on the CPC that was published by the United Nations in 1991.

  8. List of house types - Wikipedia

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    A wooden house in Tartu, Estonia. This is a list of house types.Houses can be built in a large variety of configurations. A basic division is between free-standing or single-family detached homes and various types of attached or multi-family residential dwellings.

  9. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    1. A lateral part or projection of a building or structure such as a wing wall. 2. A subordinate part of a building possibly not connected to the main building. [88] 3. The sides of a stage (theatre). Widow's walk A railed rooftop platform often having an inner cupola/turret frequently found on 19th-century North American coastal houses.