government building

C204
concept

A government building is a structure owned or used by a public authority to house offices, services, and functions related to the administration and governance of a city, region, or country.

All labels observed (129)

Label Occurrences
government building canonical 1,603
city hall 579
municipal building 534

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: government building
Generated description
A government building is a structure owned or used by a public authority to house offices, services, and functions related to the administration and governance of a city, region, or country.

Instances (4,037)

Instance Via concept surface
Oakland federal courthouse federal courthouse
Torentje government office building
Catshuis
Press Briefing Room White House location
Eccles Building
Office of the Vice President (West Wing suite) White House office
Lüneburg Town Hall town hall
Shinagawa City Hall city hall
Luxembourg City Hall city hall
James M. Carter and Judith N. Keep United States Courthouse federal courthouse
United States Courthouse, El Centro federal courthouse
Downtown Brooklyn civic center
St Andrew’s House
Toronto Courthouse complex courthouse complex
Parliament Building, Kingstown parliament building
Woking Civic Offices municipal building
Illinois State Library building in Springfield
Falls Church City Hall city hall
Russell-Knox Building
Parliament Building
Chicago Federal Center government complex
Fresno federal courthouse federal courthouse
Yass Courthouse judicial building
Yass Post Office
First Street Courthouse federal courthouse
Takasaki City Hall city hall
Ripon Building, Chennai
Goulburn Court House
Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Courthouse federal building
Luce Hall administrative building
Fayette County Courthouse county government building
Pension Building
Portland Building administrative building
Maximos Mansion
Redding federal courthouse federal courthouse
São Bento Palace parliament building
Presidential Palace, Tirana
Government Buildings, Dublin state office complex
State House, Barbados
Parliament Buildings
surface form: East Wing of Parliament Buildings (Bridgetown)
legislative building
Mahan Hall administrative building
Egyptian Labyrinth administrative complex
Ministry of Finance buildings in Paris (rue de Rivoli complex) government office complex
Cootamundra Court House
Cootamundra Post Office
Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse federal courthouse
Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse, Portland, Oregon
surface form: Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse
federal courthouse
Victorian Legislative Assembly house of parliament
Old Town Hall of Plauen town hall
Bega courthouse
surface form: Bega Courthouse
judicial building