Editing Building (section)

=== Residential ===
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Single-family residential buildings are most often called ''[[house]]s'' or ''[[home]]s''. Multi-family residential buildings containing more than one dwelling unit are called ''[[Duplex (building)|duplex]]es'' or ''[[apartment building]]s''. ''[[Condominium (living space)|Condominium]]s'' are apartments that occupants [[homeownership|own]] rather than [[lease|rent]]. Houses may be built in pairs ([[semi-detached]]) or in terraces, where all but two of the houses have others on either side. Apartments may be built round [[courtyard]]s or as rectangular blocks surrounded by plots of ground. Houses built as single dwellings may later be divided into apartments or [[bedsitter]]s, or converted to other uses (e.g., offices or shops). [[Hotel]]s, especially of the extended-stay variety ([[apartel]]s), can be classed as residential.

Building types may range from [[Hut (dwelling)|hut]]s to multimillion-dollar [[high-rise]] [[apartment block]]s able to house thousands of people. Increasing settlement density in buildings (and smaller distances between buildings) is usually a response to high ground prices resulting from the desire of many people to live close to their places of employment or similar attractors.

Terms for residential buildings reflect such characteristics as ''function'' (e.g., [[holiday cottage]] (vacation home) or [[timeshare]] if occupied seasonally); ''size'' ([[cottage]] or [[great house]]); ''value'' ([[shack]] or [[mansion]]); ''manner of construction'' ([[log home]] or [[mobile home]]); ''architectural style'' ([[castle]] or [[Victorian house|Victorian]]); and ''proximity to geographical features'' ([[Earth sheltering |earth shelter]], [[stilt house]], [[houseboat]], or floating home). For residents in need of special care, or those society considers dangerous enough to deprive of [[freedom|liberty]], there are [[total institution|institution]]s ([[nursing home]]s, [[orphanage]]s, [[psychiatric hospital]]s, and [[prison]]s) and group housing ([[barracks]] and [[dormitory|dormitories]]).

Historically, many people lived in communal buildings called [[longhouse]]s, smaller dwellings called [[pit-house]]s, and houses combined with barns, sometimes called [[housebarn]]s.

Common [[building material]]s include brick, concrete, stone, and combinations thereof. Buildings are defined to be substantial, permanent structures. Such forms as [[yurt]]s and [[motorhome]]s are therefore considered ''[[dwelling]]s'' but not ''buildings''.