Editing Building (section)

== Definition ==
[[File:Kalasatama, Helsinki.jpg|thumb|[[Skyscraper]]s under construction in [[Kalasatama]], [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] (2021)]]
A building is 'a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place';<ref name="Egenhofer">{{cite book|author=Max J. Egenhofer|title=Geographic Information Science: Second International Conference, GIScience 2002, Boulder, CO, USA, September 25–28, 2002. Proceedings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kH8gcJvVWfIC&pg=PA110 |year=2002|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-540-44253-0|page=110}}</ref> "there was a three-storey building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice". In the broadest interpretation a [[fence]] or wall is a building.<ref>Building def. 2. Whitney, William Dwight, and Benjamin E. Smith. ''The Century dictionary and cyclopedia''. vol. 1. New York: Century Co., 1901. 712. Print.</ref> However, the word ''structure'' is used more broadly than ''building'', to include natural and human-made formations<ref>Structure. def. 2. ''Merriam-Webster's dictionary of synonyms: a dictionary of discriminated synonyms with antonyms and analogous and contrasted words''.. Springfield, Mass: Merriam-Webster, 1984. 787. Print.</ref> and ones that do not have walls; ''structure'' is more often used for a fence. [[Russell Sturgis|Sturgis' Dictionary]] included that {{Nowrap|"[building]}} differs from [[architecture]] in excluding all idea of artistic treatment; and it differs from [[construction]] in the idea of excluding scientific or highly skillful treatment."<ref>Building. def 1. Sturgis, Russell. ''A dictionary of architecture and building: biographical, historical, and descriptive''. vol. 1. New York: The Macmillan Co.; 1901. 2236. Print.</ref>

''Structural height'' in technical usage is the height to the highest architectural detail on the building from street level. Spires and masts may or may not be included in this height, depending on how they are classified. Spires and masts used as antennas are not generally included. The distinction between a low-rise and high-rise building is a matter of debate, but generally three stories or less is considered low-rise.<ref>Paul Francis Wendt and Alan Robert Cerf (1979), ''Real estate investment analysis and taxation'', McGraw-Hill, p. 210</ref>