List of non-building structure types



A nonbuilding structure, often referred to simply as a structure, is any built 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
 * Aqueducts
 * Avalanche dams
 * Barriers
 * Beehive stone
 * Blast furnaces
 * Boat lifts
 * Brick kilns
 * Bridges and bridge-like structures (aqueducts, overpasses, trestles, viaducts, etc.)
 * Bus stops
 * Canals
 * Carports
 * Chimneys and flue-gas stacks
 * Coke ovens
 * Communications towers
 * Conservatories
 * Covered bridges
 * Dams
 * Docks
 * Dolphins
 * Driveways
 * Electricity grids
 * Elevators
 * Fountains
 * Ferris wheels
 * Ferry slips
 * Flumes
 * Footpaths
 * Fortifications
 * Fractionating towers
 * Garden
 * Gates
 * Gate guardian
 * Pylon
 * Granaries
 * Greenhouses
 * Hayracks
 * Hay barracks
 * Headframes
 * Infrastructures
 * Landmarks
 * Marinas
 * Monoliths
 * Megaliths
 * Memorials
 * Monuments
 * Mounds
 * Stupas
 * Offshore oil platforms (except for the production and housing facilities)
 * Oil depots
 * Oil platforms
 * Piers
 * Pitch
 * Pyramids
 * 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
 * Towers of some types
 * Lattice towers
 * Obelisks
 * Tramways and aerial tramways
 * Transmission towers
 * Triumphal arches
 * Tunnels
 * Underwater habitats
 * Water towers
 * 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:
 * Aviation control towers
 * Cruise ships
 * Factories
 * Kiosks
 * Lighthouses
 * Outhouses
 * Power stations
 * Refineries
 * Warehouses