BRITISH STANDARD
BS 6100-1.1: 1987 Incorporating Amendment No. 1
Glossary of
Building and civil engineering terms — Part 1: General and miscellaneous — Section 1.1 Types of building
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BS 6100-1.1:1987
This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Basic Data and Performance Criteria for Civil Engineering and Building Structures Standards Committee, was published under the authority of the Board of BSI and comes into effect on 31 July 1987 © BSI 07-1999 The committees responsible for this British Standard are shown in Part 0
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Contents
Foreword 110 1 110 2 110 3 110 4 110 5 110 6 110 7 110 8 110 9 Index
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Base terms Residential Administrative Retailing Educational Health care Recreational Religious Industrial, transport and communications
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Foreword This Section of Part 1 of BS 6100 has been prepared under the direction of the Basic Data and Performance Criteria for Civil Engineering and Building Structures Standards Committee. This Section contains definitions of types of buildings. The main criteria for selection of types of building for inclusion in this Section of this glossary are: a) principal kinds of usage; b) principal types of building being designed today. The type of building is defined by its principal use although it is recognized that other activities often take place within the same building. The word “building” has not been added to certain terms, e.g. college, church, to distinguish between the establishment and the building as this Section of the glossary is concerned only with buildings and not t he establishments. Where in a particular case confusion may arise between the building and its establishment different terms should be used, e.g. college building or college; church building or church. For convenience the types of building have been arranged in separate groups of broadly similar kinds of usage. A general introduction to and explanation of this glossary is given in Part 0 of BS 6100 which itemizes the Parts, Sections and Subsections into which this glossary is divided and provides a general alphabetical index of all the terms in the Sections and Subsections already published. Those using individual Sections and Subsections of this glossary are urged to consult Part 0 when doing so. The other Sections of this Part are as follows: 1.0 General 1.2 Spaces 1.3 Parts of construction works 1.4 Materials 1.5 Operations; associated plant and equipment 1.6 Persons 1.7 Characteristics and performance 1.8 Environment and physical planning Terms are listed alphabetically in the index and are referred t o by numbers which are found against the term in the body of the Section. They are arranged in a classified order, each term having an individual number consisting of seven digits in two parts, the first of three digits, the second of four. The first three digits represent the number of the Part, Section and Subsection (in this case, the third digit is 0 as there is no division into Subsections). The fourth digit represents the group of terms, the fifth digit represents the subgroup of terms (in this case, the fifth digit is 0 as there is no division into subgroups) and the last two digits represent the place within the subgroup. Deprecated terms are given below the preferred terms with their status indicated. These terms are not individually numbered, but are included in the index with a reference to the preferred term. Terms of more than word, e.g. “office building” are written in a direct style, not as “b uilding, office”. The inverted term is included in the index with a reference to the direct term. It has been considered necessary to repeat in this Section certain terms from Section 1.0 “General”. Where this occurs the definitions of such terms are preceded by an asterisk (*).
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110 1 Base terms No.
Term
Definition
110 1001
building
a
110 1002
hall
110 1003
storage building store, shed deprecated
Construction works that has the provision of shelter for its occupants or contents as one of its main purposes and is usually enclosed and designed to stand permanently in one place. Building or part of a building where people assemble for a communal activity.
Building for storage of goods.
110 2 Residential 110 2001
housing
a
110 2002
dwelling
a
110 2003
flat
a Dwelling mainly
110 2004
maisonette
a
110 2005
house
a
110 2006
bungalow
110 2007
hostel
Building that provides residential accommodation with communal facilities, for specific groups of people, usually on a temporary basis.
110 2008
hotel
Building that provides residential accommodation with communal facilities, primarily for travellers, tourists or those on holiday.
110 2009
sheltered housing
110 2010
nursery
Buildings for residential use. Unit of housing usually intended for a single family. on a single level within a larger building .
Dwelling of more than one storey within a larger building . Building designed as one dwelling .
House of one storey.
Housing for handicapped or elderly persons where staff are on call in case of emergency. Building or part of a building in which residential or day care is provided for babies and very young children.
110 3 Administrative 110 3001
office building
110 3002
bank
110 3003
post office
Building for administration of postal services and financial transactions between government and public.
110 3004
fire station
Building for administration of fire fighting and emergency services.
110 3005
police station
110 3006
law court
110 3007
prison
110 3008
military building
110 3009
gatehouse
a
a
Building used principally for administrative or clerical work.
Building for administration of accounts and financial services.
Building for administration of police services.
Building or part of a building where jurisprudence is administered.
Building for secure confinement of persons.
Building for the use of the armed forces. Building for the use of security staff to control entry to and exit from an area.
Repeated from Section 1.0.
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110 4 Retailing No.
Term
Definition
110 4001
shop
a
110 4002
public house
110 4003
restaurant
110 4004
shopping centre
110 4005
supermarket
110 4006
department store store deprecated
Building or space within a building for the sale of merchandise or the provision of services involving the receiving and returning of goods, and, where necessary, display to the public. Shop in which the principal business is sale of alcoholic liquors to be consumed on the premises.
Shop in which the principal business is provision of refreshments or meals to be consumed on the premises.
Building or group of buildings that contains shops.
Shop where a wide range of goods is displayed for self service and payment is made at an exit till.
Large shop organized in specialized sections.
110 5 Educational 110 5001
school
Building for education, principally of children.
110 5002
polytechnic
110 5003
university
110 5004
college
110 5005
training centre
110 5006
library
110 5007
art gallery
110 5008
museum
110 5009
exhibition centre
Building or group of buildings for the presentation of products, services and activities.
110 5010
conference centre
Building or group of buildings that provides facilities for large and small meetings and presentations.
110 5011
laboratory
110 5012
observatory
Building for higher education, principally in technical subjects.
Building for education, principally academic study at degree level.
Building incorporated within, or in connection with, a university, or otherwise established for purposes of study and instruction.
Building or group of buildings where people are instructed in particular crafts, professions, occupations or practices.
Building in which books and other documents are h oused and consulted.
Building or part of a building for exhibition of works of art.
Building or part of a building used for exhibiting and storing objects for record and study.
Building or part of a building for scientific testing and research.
Building or part of a building in which astronomical or meteorological observations are made.
110 6 Health care 110 6001 a
hospital
Building that provides facilities for medical attention for resident and visiting patients.
Repeated from Section 1.0.
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Term
Definition
110 6002
residential home
Communal residence staffed and equipped to care for aged or infirm persons.
110 6003
nursing home
Communal residence for persons recuperating from illnesses or requiring continuous nursing care.
110 6004
hospice
110 6005
health centre
110 6006
clinic
110 6007
public toilet public convenience deprecated
Building in which residential or day care is provided for the terminally ill.
Building or part of a building in which primary medical treatment or advice is given to non-resident patients.
Building or part of a building in which medical specialists give treatment or advice to non-resident patients.
Building or part of a building that contains toilets for use by the public.
110 7 Recreational 110 7001
leisure centre
Building or group of buildings that provides facilities and equipment for games and recreation.
110 7002
sports centre
Building or group of buildings that provides facilities and equipment for a variety of sports.
110 7003
sports hall
110 7004
sports pavilion
110 7005
gymnasium
110 7006
swimming pool
110 7007
theatre
Building or part of a building for the performance of the dramatic arts.
110 7008
cinema
Building or part of a building for screening films or video tapes.
110 7009
stadium
110 7010
ice rink
110 7011
concert hall
Hall in which facilities and equipment are provided for one or more sports.
Building , used in connection with open air sports, that contains facilities for changing and ancillary activities. Building or part of a building that contains facilities and equipment for gymnastics.
Building that contains one or more pools usually with changing rooms and ancillary facilities.
Sports area with terraces for spectators. Building that contains facilities for ice skating.
Building or part of a building for musical performances.
110 8 Religious 110 8001
church
110 8002
cathedral
110 8003
chapel
Church or part of a church for Christian worship by a specific organization, denomination or family.
110 8004
temple
Building , part of a building , or site regarded primarily as the dwelling place or house of a deity and devoted to divine worship.
110 8005
mosque
Building or part of a building for Islamic religious worship.
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Building dedicated to Christian worship. Principal church of a diocese that usually contains the diocesan bishop’s throne.
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Term
110 8006
synagogue
110 8007
crematorium
Definition
Building or part of a building for Jewish religious worship.
Building , usually with a chapel, where corpses are reduced to ashes.
110 9 Industrial, transport and communications 110 9001
workshop
a
110 9002
factory
a
110 9003
warehouse
110 9004
testing centre
110 9005
joinery shop
110 9006
boiler house
110 9007
power station
110 9008
agricultural building
Building to house farm animals, stores, agricultural equipment or produce.
110 9009
horticultural building
Building in which plants are cultivated.
110 9010
abattoir
110 9011
bus station
110 9012
railway station
110 9013
air terminal
110 9014
shipping terminal
110 9015
hangar
Workshop for the storage, maintenance and repair of aircraft.
110 9016
garage
Building in which motor vehicles are housed.
110 9017
service station garage deprecated
110 9018
multi-storey car park
110 9019
telephone exchange
110 9020
television centre
110 9021
film studio
110 9022
radio studio
110 9023
sound recording studio Building or part of a building in which sound is recorded.
a
Building or a space within a building that serves as a work place for a particular manual activity. Building or group of buildings used principally for the manufacture of goods. Building for storage of merchandise.
Building or group of buildings in which routine tests are carried out, usually into the quality and performance of products and materials.
a
Place where joinery is manufactured.
Building or part of a building that houses boiler plant.
Building or group of buildings where electricity is generated.
Building in which farm animals are slaughtered humanely.
Building or group of buildings where buses begin or end their journeys.
Building or group of buildings where railway trains stop for taking up and setting down passengers and/or goods.
Building or group of buildings where passengers and/or goods transfer to or from aircraft.
Building or group of buildings where passengers and/or goods transfer to or from ships.
Building and surrounding area where mot or vehicles are housed, serviced and refuelled.
Building in which motor vehicles are parked on different levels. Building in which telecommunication equipment is housed and serviced. Building in which television programmes are produced or broadcast. Building in which films or video tapes are produced.
Building or part of a building in which radio programmes are produced or broadcast.
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Index abattoir 110 9010
gymnasium 110 7005
agricultural building 110 9008
radio studio 110 9022 railway station 110 9012
air terminal 110 9013
hall 110 1002
recording studio, sound 110 9023
art gallery 110 5007
hall, concert 110 7011
residential home 110 6002
hall, sports 110 7003
restaurant 110 4003
bank 110 3002
hangar 110 9015
rink, ice 110 7010
boiler house 110 9006
health centre 110 6005
building 110 1001
home, nursing 110 6003
school 110 5001
building, agricultural 110 9008
home, residential 110 6002
service station 110 9017
building, horticultural 110 9009
horticultural building 110 9009
shed 110 1003
building, military 110 3008
hospice 110 6004
sheltered housing 110 2009
building, office 110 3001
hospital 110 6001
shipping terminal 110 9014
building, storage 110 1003
hostel 110 2007
shop 110 4001
bungalow 110 2006
hotel 110 2008
shop, joinery 110 9005
bus station 110 9011
house 110 2005
shopping centre 110 4004
house, boiler 110 9006
sound recording studio 110 9023
car park, multi-storey 110 9018
house, public 110 4002
sports centre 110 7002
cathedral 110 8002
housing 110 2001
sports hall 110 7003
centre, conference 110 5010
housing, sheltered 110 2009
sports pavilion 110 7004
centre, exhibition 110 5009 centre, health 110 6005
stadium 110 7009 ice rink 110 7010
centre, leisure 110 7001 centre, shopping 110 4004
station, bus 110 9011 station, fire 110 3004
joinery shop 110 9005
centre, sports 110 7002
station, police 110 3005 station, power 110 9007
centre, television 110 9020
laboratory 110 5011
station, railway 110 9012
centre, testing 110 9004
law court 110 3006
station, service 110 9017
centre, training 110 5005
leisure centre 110 7001
storage building 110 1003
chapel 110 8003
library 110 5006
store 110 1003
church 110 8001
store 110 4006
cinema 110 7008
maisonette 110 2004
store, department 110 4006
clinic 110 6006
military building 110 3008
studio, film 110 9021
college 110 5004
mosque 110 8005
studio, radio 110 9022
concert hall 110 7011
multi-storey car park 110 9018
studio, sound recording 110 9023
conference centre 110 5010
museum 110 5008
supermarket 110 4005
convenience, public 110 6007
swimming pool 110 7006
court, law 110 3006
nursery 110 2010
crematorium 110 8007
nursing home 110 6003
synagogue 110 8006 telephone exchange 110 9019
department store 110 4006
observatory 110 5012
television centre 110 9020
dwelling 110 2002
office, post 110 3003
temple 110 8004
office building 110 3001
terminal, air 110 9013
exchange, telephone 110 9019 exhibition centre 110 5009
terminal, shipping 110 9014 park, multi-storey car 110 9018
testing centre 110 9004
pavilion, sports 110 7004
theatre 110 7007
factory 110 9002
police station 110 3005
toilet, public 110 6007
film studio 110 9021
polytechnic 110 5002
training centre 110 5005
fire station 110 3004
pool, swimming 110 7006
flat 110 2003
post office 110 3003
university 110 5003
power station 110 9007 gallery, art 110 5007
prison 110 3007
warehouse 110 9003
garage 110 9016
public convenience 110 6007
workshop 110 9001
garage 110 9017
public house 110 4002
gatehouse 110 3009
public toilet 110 6007
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