twin buildings
A complex of two buildings built as a pair to a shared design, allowing mirrored forms or small differences.
Twin buildings are two buildings of one development that repeat the same design and in most cases the same height. The pair is recorded as the complex, and each building keeps its own entry below it, so that height, floor count and completion date stay separate for both.
The two need not be identical. A mirrored plan, a different crown or a small difference in height still counts as twins, as long as the design is shared and both were built as a pair.
Where the designs differ, use a multi-building complex. Where both towers rise from one shared base, the podium complex describes the arrangement more closely. Where a bridge joins them above ground, use connected buildings.
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campus
A complex of buildings held by one institution on a contiguous site, including the open ground between them. -
connected buildings
A complex of separately founded buildings permanently linked above open ground by a bridge, walkway, or passage. -
courtyard complex
A complex whose buildings enclose an open courtyard on most sides, with the courtyard belonging to the complex. -
mixed-use complex
A complex of at least two buildings with different main uses, distinct from mixed uses within one building. -
multi-building complex
A complex of three or more buildings, or two with differing designs, on a common site without a shared base or overhead link. -
podium complex
A complex of two or more towers carried by one shared low podium, with the podium belonging to the complex.