List of non-building structure types
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A nonbuilding structure, often referred to simply as a structure, is any built structure or construction structure that is not a building, i.e. not designed for continuous human occupancy. The term is particularly used by architects, structural engineers, and mechanical engineers to distinguish load-bearing structures not designed for continuous human occupancy.
Examples
- Aerial lift pylons
- Aerial tramways
- Avalanche dams
- Barriers
- Beehive stone
- Blast furnaces
- Boat lifts
- Brick kilns
- Bridges and bridge-like structures (aqueducts, overpasses, trestles, viaducts, etc.) Covered bridges
- Bus stops
- Canals Aqueduct Acequia
- Carports
- Chimneys and flue-gas stacks
- Coke ovens
- Dams
- Docks
- Dolphins
- Driveways
- Elevators
- Fountains
- Ferris wheels
- Ferry slips
- Flumes
- Footpaths
- Fortifications
- Fractionating towers
- Garden
- Gates Gate guardian Pylon Triumphal arches
- Granaries
- Greenhouses Conservatories
- Hayracks
- Hay barracks
- Headframes
- Landmarks
- Marinas
- Monoliths
- Megaliths
- Memorials Monuments
- Mounds Stupas
- Offshore oil platforms (except for the production and housing facilities)
- Oil depots
- Oil platforms
- Piers
- Pitch
- Radio masts and towers
- Railroads
- Ramadas
- Retaining walls
- Roads
- Roller coasters
- Sheds
- Ski lifts
- Silos
- Storage tanks
- Street lights
- Street signs
- Swimming pools
- Structures designed to support, contain or convey liquid or gaseous matter, including Cooling towers Distillation equipment and structural supports at chemical and petrochemical plants and oil refineries
- Tank farms
- Thoroughfares
- Tombs Pyramids
- Towers of some types Communications towers Lattice towers Obelisks Transmission towers Water towers
- Tunnels
- Underwater habitats
- Wharves
- Windmills
Exceptions
Some structures that are occupied periodically and would otherwise be considered "nonbuilding structures" are categorized as "buildings" for life and fire safety purposes:[citation needed]
- Aviation control towers
- Cruise ships
- Factories
- Kiosks
- Lighthouses
- Outhouses
- Power stations
- Refineries
- Warehouses