Home›Subcategories›Building TypeSubcategoriesBuilding Type32 of 77 entries in Sacred Architecture. Click any to see everything it connects to.Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Building Type." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/sacredarchitecture/building-type.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Building Type. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/sacredarchitecture/building-typeCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-building-type, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Building Type}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/subcategories/sacredarchitecture/building-type}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXSacred structures classified by their overall built form rather than by any single ornamental part: stupa, mosque, synagogue, cathedral, temple mandir and the like, each entered as a type of whole building a tradition raises. A building type carries its own plan and function, a stupa is a solid reliquary mound and a mosque an open hall oriented to prayer, and the type persists across the many individual buildings raised to it. This grouping sits alongside the architectural elements below it, which are the parts, a dome or a minaret, rather than the whole.FactsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsDirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Architecture 1BrowseCompareSelect all 32Atash BehramBuilding Type5 linksBaha'i House of WorshipBuilding Type3 linksBasilicaBuilding Type3 linksCathedralBuilding Type3 linksChaitya HallBuilding Type2 linksChapelBuilding Type2 linksChenghuang Miao (City God Temple)Building Type1 linkChortenBuilding Type2 linksChurchBuilding Type21 linksConfucian TempleBuilding Type2 linksDaoist TempleBuilding Type2 linksGurdwaraBuilding Type3 linksHindu Temple (Mandir)Building Type12 linksJain TempleBuilding Type2 linksKivaBuilding Type4 linksLatter-day Saint TempleBuilding Type3 linksMithraeumBuilding Type2 linksMosqueBuilding Type12 linksPagodaBuilding Type2 linksQuaker Meeting HouseBuilding Type1 linkShinto Shrine (Honden-Haiden Complex)Building Type2 linksStupaBuilding Type5 linksSynagogueBuilding Type7 linksTeocalliBuilding Type2 linksThe Doric Peripteral TempleBuilding Type1 linkThe Hof, Norse Temple-HallBuilding Type2 linksThe Roman Podium TempleBuilding Type1 linkViharaBuilding Type2 linksWatBuilding Type2 linksZigguratBuilding Type3 linksZoroastrian Fire TempleBuilding Type2 linksMaraeBuilding Type1 linkSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 1Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year