building

building: noun

1 house, church, school, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, high-rise, huge, large, massive, tall, towering

▪ low, low-rise, single-storey/single-story, small

▪ attractive (esp. BrE), beautiful, fine, grand, imposing, impressive, landmark, magnificent

▪ The opera house is one of the city's landmark buildings.

▪ condemned, crumbling, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, run-down, tumbledown (BrE)

▪ abandoned, empty

▪ ancient, historic, old

▪ Both architects specialize in the restoration of historic buildings.

▪ 17th-century, etc.

▪ listed (BrE)

▪ They were refused planning permission for an extension because it was a Grade II listed building.

▪ modern

▪ brick, concrete, stone, timber, wooden, etc.

▪ green (= good for the environment)

▪ commercial, industrial, residential

▪ The prices of commercial and residential buildings increased by 13.4%.

▪ civic, municipal, public

▪ federal, government

▪ administration, administrative

▪ apartment (AmE), tenement

▪ Housing is limited and most people live in high-rise apartment buildings.

▪ church, factory, farm, headquarters, hospital, museum, office, parliament, prison, school

▪ airport, terminal

▪ campus (esp. AmE)

▪ dorm, dormitory (both AmE)

▪ downtown (AmE)

▪ main

▪ entire, whole

▪ existing

▪ new

▪ original

▪ adjacent, nearby, surrounding

VERB + BUILDING

▪ design

▪ build, construct, erect, put up

▪ Several new buildings are now being put up.

▪ complete

▪ demolish, destroy, flatten, gut, knock down, pull down (BrE), raze, tear down

▪ The building was gutted by fire.

▪ damage

▪ renovate, restore

▪ They're renovating the old farm buildings.

▪ convert

▪ In 2008 the building was converted into a house.

▪ evacuate

▪ occupy

▪ lease

BUILDING + VERB

▪ collapse

▪ house sth

▪ sit, stand

▪ a central square, where two buildings stand

2 process/business of building sth

ADJECTIVE

▪ road

▪ brand (business), community, coalition, empire, nation, team

BUILDING + NOUN

▪ company, contractor, firm (esp. BrE), industry, sector, trade

▪ programme/program, project, scheme (BrE)

▪ activity, development, work

▪ We're having some building work done.

▪ code (AmE), controls, regulations

▪ land (esp. BrE)

▪ site (esp. BrE) (usually construction site in AmE)

▪ materials

▪ method, technique

▪ boom

▪ costs

▪ contractor, inspector, worker

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Synonyms:

Construction / Structure, edifice, erection, fabric, pile

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