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The art, trade, or work of building.

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Tokyo Sky Tree

Construction; Building/real property

Tokyo Sky Tree, formerly known as New Tokyo Tower, is a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010 ...

brick masonry

Construction; Building/real property

It's the masonry in which artificial stones called bricks are laid in regular horizontal rows called courses.

stone masonry

Construction; Building/real property

In this type of masonry, natural stones, cut to pieces of more or less regular shape, are laid in horizontal rows called courses or in random arrangement.

shell

Construction; Building/real property

Is a term universally used to describe the exterior envelope of a building. In some contexts, it may also include the structural framework of a building.

concrete

Construction; Building/real property

A strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water, stone-like building material (containing cement, gravel, water, etc.); A composite material which ...

abandonment

Law; General law

The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment. The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, ...

Bishop's Palace

Construction; Building/real property

A bit misleading name, because this building isn't really a "palace", instead it is a tenement building. The name comes from the fact that in the early 20th century ...