2.4.1.1 Meaning of Building

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The definition of types of building is under the Building Control Act B.E. 2522 (1979) and other laws under this Act; it can be concluded as follows:
Types of building Definition
Building town house, house, home, hall, shop, raft, warehouse, office and other construction which people may live or utilize, and shall also include: a grandstand, or other construction for public assembly; a dam, bridge, tunnel, waterway or drain, dockyard, waterside, pavilion, pier, fence, wall or gate built next to or near public place or construction for general public use; a signboard or the construction for fixing or holding signboard: an area or construction for used as car parking space, car reversing space, and car entrance and exit for the building, other construction prescribed in the Ministerial Regulation
High building the building where people may live in or use with more than twenty three meters high measuring from building surface level to rooftop; as regard the gable roof or hip roof building the height shall be measured from building surface level to the topmost ceiling;
Edifice the building constructed for use of the whole or any part of floor areas for residing, or operating one or more categories of activities, having the whole space area of every ground floor of the same building of more than ten thousand square meters;
Public assembly building a building or any part of the building where people may enter for assembly, having space area of ten thousand square meters or more, or may assemble more than five hundred people;
Entertainment hall A building or any part of the building for use as a cinema, theater, music hall, or other entertainment, having the objective of regularly opening for public participation, notwithstanding for reward or not;
Hotel Under law on hotel with eighty room or more
Condominium Under law on condominium or residing building with the area as from 2,000 square meters or over
Factory building As specified in Factory Act B.E. 2535 (1992)
Details
The definition of types of building is under the Building Control Act B.E. 2522 (1979) and other laws under this Act; it can be concluded as follows:
Types of building Definition
Building town house, house, home, hall, shop, raft, warehouse, office and other construction which people may live or utilize, and shall also include: a grandstand, or other construction for public assembly; a dam, bridge, tunnel, waterway or drain, dockyard, waterside, pavilion, pier, fence, wall or gate built next to or near public place or construction for general public use; a signboard or the construction for fixing or holding signboard: an area or construction for used as car parking space, car reversing space, and car entrance and exit for the building, other construction prescribed in the Ministerial Regulation
High building the building where people may live in or use with more than twenty three meters high measuring from building surface level to rooftop; as regard the gable roof or hip roof building the height shall be measured from building surface level to the topmost ceiling;
Edifice the building constructed for use of the whole or any part of floor areas for residing, or operating one or more categories of activities, having the whole space area of every ground floor of the same building of more than ten thousand square meters;
Public assembly building a building or any part of the building where people may enter for assembly, having space area of ten thousand square meters or more, or may assemble more than five hundred people;
Entertainment hall A building or any part of the building for use as a cinema, theater, music hall, or other entertainment, having the objective of regularly opening for public participation, notwithstanding for reward or not;
Hotel Under law on hotel with eighty room or more
Condominium Under law on condominium or residing building with the area as from 2,000 square meters or over
Factory building As specified in Factory Act B.E. 2535 (1992)
Relavant Laws
No. List of Laws Laws
1 Building Control Act, B.E.2522 (1979)
2 Building Control Act (No.2), B.E.2535 (1992)
3 Building Control Act (No.3), B.E.2543 (2000)
4 Building Control Act (No.4), B.E.2550 (2007)
5 Building Control Act (No.5), B.E.2558 (2015)
6 Architecture Profession Act, B.E.2508 (1965)
7 Engineer Act, B.E.2542 (1999)
8 City Plan Act (No.3), B.E.2535 (1992)
Forms
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