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The word ‘building' is commonly considered to refer to an enclosure within which activities can be carried out. It is a structure, usually consisting of a roof, walls, floors and openings such as doors and windows that is generally (but not always) positioned permanently in one location.

The Building Regulations suggest that the word 'building' refers to: ‘...any permanent or temporary building but not any other kind of structure or erection’. That is, a tunnel, or bridge for example would not be considered to be a building.

The origins of buildings can be traced back over 44,000 years to the ice age and the Siberian Steppe, where remains have been found of simple shelters constructed from animal skins draped between sticks.

These ‘tented’ structures thrived in regions where materials were scarce, or where survival required mobility; both conditions which tended to be brought about by low rainfall. Changing climates brought about a slow transition from nomadic tents to permanent huts and vice versa, and it was from the resultant process of intermediate modification that an enormous range of composite buildings evolved.

Some of these basic generic forms of structure are still used in remarkably un-changed forms throughout the world today, for example; the black tent, the mud brick hut and the yurt (a composite structure still in common use in Mongolia).

As well as being a noun, the word ‘building’ is also used as a verb describing the act of constructing or making the thing itself. For more information see: Building work.

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