Building

A Feature that is used to tag individual buildings or groups of connected buildings.

building:
  value: apartments
  match: equals
  levels:
    value: 2
    match: equals

The following fields are allowed

architecture

A Feature representing the architectural style of a building.

Only the following values are allowed:

  • islamic
  • mamluk
  • romanesque
  • gothic
  • renaissance
  • mannerism
  • ottoman
  • baroque
  • rococo
  • empire
  • moorish revival
  • neoclassicism
  • georgian
  • victorian
  • historicism
  • neo-romanesque
  • neo-byzantine
  • neo-gothic
  • neo-renaissance
  • neo-baroque
  • art_nouveau
  • eclectic
  • functionalism
  • cubism
  • new_objectivity
  • art_deco
  • modern
  • amsterdam_school
  • international_style
  • constructivism
  • stalinist_neoclassicism
  • brutalist
  • postmodern
  • contemporary

fireproof

A Feature representing the fire-resistance information.

Only the following values are allowed:

  • yes
  • no

flats

A Feature representing the number of residential units (flats, apartments) in an apartment building (apartments), residential building (residential), house (house), detached house (detached) or similar building.

levels

A Feature representing the number of visible levels (floors) in the building as used in the Simple 3D buildings scheme.

soft_storey

A Feature representing a building where any one level is significantly more flexible (less stiff) than those above and below it.

Only the following values are allowed:

  • yes
  • no
  • reinforced

value

Only the following values are allowed:

Accomodation

  • apartments - A building arranged into individual dwellings, often on separate floors. May also have retail outlets on the ground floor.
  • barracks - Buildings built to house military personnel or laborers.
  • bungalow - A single-storey detached small house, often called a Dacha.
  • cabin - A small, roughly built house, typically with a wood exterior and usually found in rural areas. Learn more
  • detached - A detached house, a free-standing residential building usually housing a single family.
  • annexe - A small self-contained apartment, cottage, or small residential building on the same property as the main residential unit.
  • dormitory - A shared building intended for college/university students.
  • farm - A residential building on a farm (farmhouse).
  • ger - A permanent or seasonal round yurt, also known as a ger.
  • hotel - A building designed with separate rooms available for overnight accommodation.
  • house - A dwelling unit inhabited by a single household.
  • houseboat - A boat used primarily as a home.
  • residential - A general tag for a building used primarily for residential purposes.
  • semidetached_house - A residential house that shares a common wall with another on one side.
  • static_caravan - A mobile home that is semi-permanently left on a single site.
  • stilt_house - A building raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water.
  • terrace - A linear row of residential dwellings, each of which normally has its own entrance.
  • tree_house - A small hut or room built on tree posts or on a natural tree.
  • trullo - A stone hut with a conical roof.

Commercial

  • commercial - A building for non-specific commercial activities, not necessarily an office building.
  • industrial - A building for industrial purposes. Use warehouse if the purpose is known to be primarily for storage/distribution.
  • kiosk - A small one-room retail building.
  • office - An office building.
  • retail - A building primarily used for selling goods that are sold to the public.
  • supermarket - A building constructed to house a self-service large-area store.
  • warehouse - A building primarily intended for the storage of goods or as part of a distribution system.

Religious

  • religious - A building that is related to religion, but not specific to any particular structure type.
  • cathedral - A building that was built as a cathedral.
  • chapel - A building that was built as a chapel.
  • church - A building that was built as a church.
  • kingdom_hall - A building that was built as a Kingdom Hall for Jehovah's Witnesses.
  • monastery - A building constructed as a monastery, often with multiple structures.
  • mosque - A building that was erected as a mosque.
  • presbytery - A building where priests live and work.
  • shrine - A building that was built as a shrine.
  • synagogue - A building that was built as a synagogue.
  • temple - A building that was built as a temple.

Civic/amenity

  • bakehouse - A building built for baking bread, often used with amenity.baking_oven.
  • bridge - A building used as a bridge, often referred to as a skyway.
  • civic - A building created to house civic amenities such as community centres, libraries, and town halls.
  • college - A building designed for a college.
  • fire_station - A building constructed to house firefighting equipment and personnel.
  • government - A government building, including municipal and regional offices.
  • gatehouse - An entry control point building, typically located at the entrance to a city or compound.
  • hospital - A building erected for use as a hospital.
  • kindergarten - A building used as a kindergarten.
  • museum - A building designed as a museum.
  • public - A building constructed to be accessible to the general public, such as town halls or police stations.
  • school - A building constructed as a school.
  • toilets - A toilet block building.
  • train_station - A building constructed to be a train station, even if now repurposed.
  • transportation - A building related to public transport, often tagged with transport-related tags.
  • university - A building designed for a university.

Agricultural/plant production

  • barn - An agricultural building used for storage and as a covered workplace.
  • conservatory - A building or room with glass or tarpaulin roofing, used as an indoor garden or sunroom.
  • cowshed - A building for housing cows, commonly found on farms.
  • farm_auxiliary - A building on a farm that is not a dwelling, such as barns or storage structures.
  • greenhouse - A greenhouse, a structure used for growing plants, typically covered with glass or plastic.
  • slurry_tank - A circular building used to hold slurry (liquid animal excreta).
  • stable - A building constructed as a stable for housing horses.
  • sty - A building for raising domestic pigs, often found on farms. Learn more
  • livestock - A building for housing or raising other livestock (apart from cows, horses, or pigs).

Sports

  • grandstand - The main stand at racecourses or sports grounds, often roofed and commanding the best view for spectators.
  • pavilion - A sports pavilion, typically with changing rooms, storage areas, and possibly a space for functions & events.
  • riding_hall - A building constructed specifically as a riding hall.
  • sports_hall - A building constructed specifically as a sports hall.
  • sports_centre - A building constructed as a sports centre, often with various sports facilities.
  • stadium - A building constructed as a stadium, including those that may have been abandoned and repurposed.

Storage

  • allotment_house - A small outbuilding for short visits in an allotment garden.
  • boathouse - A building used for the storage of boats.
  • hangar - A building used for the storage of airplanes, helicopters, or spacecraft. Learn more
  • hut - A small and crude shelter, possibly used as a shed or residential building of low quality. Learn more
  • shed - A simple, single-storey structure often used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop. Learn more

Cars

  • carport - A covered structure used to offer limited protection to vehicles, usually without four walls. Learn more
  • garage - A building suitable for the storage of one or more motor vehicles. Learn more
  • garages - A building consisting of multiple discrete storage spaces for different owners or tenants.
  • parking - A structure purpose-built for parking cars.

Power/technical buildings

  • digester - A bioreactor used for the production of biogas from biomass.
  • service - A small unmanned building with machinery like pumps or transformers.
  • tech_cab - A small prefabricated cabin used for the air-conditioned accommodation of technology.
  • transformer_tower - A tall building comprising a distribution transformer, often connected to a power line.
  • water_tower - A water tower used for storing water at height for distribution.
  • storage_tank - A container that holds liquids, such as a storage tank.
  • silo - A building for storing bulk materials, such as grain or other agricultural products.

Other

  • beach_hut - A small, usually wooden cabin or shelter on popular bathing beaches.
  • bunker - A hardened military building.
  • castle - A building constructed as a castle.
  • construction - A building under construction.
  • container - A permanent building made from a container.
  • guardhouse - A post or small building used as a guardhouse.
  • military - A military building.
  • outbuilding - A less important building on the same land as a larger building.
  • pagoda - A building constructed as a pagoda.
  • quonset_hut - A lightweight prefabricated structure in the shape of a semicircle.
  • roof - A structure consisting of a roof with open sides, such as a rain shelter.
  • ruins - A building that is abandoned and in poor repair.
  • ship - A decommissioned ship or submarine that stays in one place.
  • tent - A permanently placed tent.
  • tower - A tower building.
  • triumphal_arch - A free-standing monumental structure in the shape of an archway.
  • windmill - A traditional windmill used to mill grain.
  • yes - A building type that can't be more specifically determined.