Building
Related: architecture - city - construction - grotto - house
Butler House (1936) - George Kraetsch and EE Butler
Building is either the act of creating an object assembled from more than one element, or the object itself; see also construction. A building is usually a human-created object composed of more than a single element, permanently fixed to the ground, that mediates one or more aspects of the environment. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building [Jan 2006]
Abandoned building
Abandoned building
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The ultimate twentieth century parable of abandonement is Stephen King's The Stand (1978).
"abandoned building" Google gallery
See also: ruin - building - streamline - art deco - USA