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What is the (technical) difference between a building and a structure?

Question #137284. Asked by chabenao1.
Last updated Sep 08 2014.
Originally posted Sep 08 2014 6:01 AM.

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Built structures are a subset of physical structures resulting from construction. These are divided into buildings and nonbuilding structures, and make up the infrastructure of a human society. Built structures are composed of structural elements such as columns, beams and trusses. Built structures are broadly divided by their varying design approaches and standards, into categories including Building structures, Architectural structures, Civil engineering structures and Mechanical structures.
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure

Buildings serve several needs of society - primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the outside (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful).
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building

Sep 08 2014, 6:38 AM
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