Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Solitärgebäude

English translation:

stand-alone building

Added to glossary by Steffen Walter
Jul 11, 2008 18:06
15 yrs ago
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German term

Solitärgebäude

German to English Tech/Engineering Architecture
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irgendein Gebäude von einer Firma

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Change log

Jul 13, 2008 16:56: Steffen Walter changed "Term asked" from "solitärgebäude" to "Solitärgebäude"

Jul 13, 2008 16:57: Steffen Walter changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/125025">Costello's</a> old entry - "solitärgebäude"" to ""stand-alone building""

Proposed translations

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stand-alone building

Also written "standalone building". Alternatives: "freestanding building" or "detached building". Pls Google for numerous reliable hits.
Peer comment(s):

agree savaria (X)
2 mins
agree Helen Shiner : I was about to suggest free-standing building; to me stand-alone has a slightly different meaning.
3 mins
agree Helga CF
1 hr
agree Friderike Butler : In real estate portfolios I have seen "detached building" to describe a building that sits by itself on a property...
3 hrs
agree Rolf Buesken (X) : With Helen, stand-alone seems to belong to computer-speak
1 day 7 hrs
Google "stand-alone building" for nearly 67,000 hits. Google it together with "RIBA" for examples of its use by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think free-standing building is also okay in this case, solitary building sounds like it's the only one which it doesn't appear to be in this case. Thanks to all"
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solitary building

http://www.ngsprints.co.uk/product_info.php?manufacturers_id... over a solitary building.
Paradoxically, the fact that Porto is still a city "intact" has maintained the unique status of the solitary building ...;
http://www.archphoto.it/IMAGES/oma/oma.htm

Example sentence:

The client demanded a solitary building, integrating requirements of conventional civil service security with Dutch openness.

At the moment it is a solitary building, an exposed object taking up position on the former square in the heart of a traditional city.

Peer comment(s):

neutral David Wade : In first example, isn't "solitary" used in sense of "single"? I understand "Solitärgebäude" as opposite of "building complex", i.e. , a development is conceivable with several "Solitärgebäude" scattered around a site
13 hrs
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