Building Name Generator

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Generate random building names for towers, office blocks, converted mills, apartment courts, exchanges and civic halls. Each name follows real naming conventions so it fits a city map, a novel, a game district or an actual development.

About building names

Real buildings get their names from a small set of sources: the family or company that built them (Carnegie Hall, the Woolworth Building), the street or district they stand on (Aldgate Tower), the trade once carried on inside (the Corn Exchange, the Printworks, the Maltings), or a pure marketing coinage chosen by a developer (Pinnacle Plaza, Halcyon Heights). The suffix does most of the work in telling people what kind of place it is. Tower, Spire and Point signal height; Hall, House and Chambers suggest age and civic weight; Lofts, Court and Terrace are residential; Exchange, Works, Foundry and Warehouse mean a converted industrial past; Plaza, Centre and Galleria are commercial.

The most convincing invented names pair a surname or place-word that sounds local with the right suffix for the use. 'Thornwick Exchange' reads as a Victorian trading hall turned offices; 'The Tannery Lofts' reads as a brick conversion with exposed beams; 'Stillwater Tower' reads as glass and steel. Names with 'The' in front (The Heronry, The Needle, The Maltings) feel like landmarks locals already have a nickname for.

The generator draws on all of these patterns so you can name a skyline, an apartment complex, a fantasy-city guild hall or the office block in your screenplay.

How to choose building names

  • Let the suffix match the function: Tower or Spire for a skyscraper, Lofts or Court for housing, Hall or Chambers for civic or legal buildings, Works or Exchange for converted industry.
  • Borrow a local-sounding surname or street name for the first half so the building feels rooted in its city rather than imported from a brochure.
  • Historic-sounding names (The Old Custom House, The Corn Exchange) imply a backstory; use them for buildings that predate the rest of your setting.
  • For a fictional city, name several buildings from the same trade or family so the map hangs together: Harland Works from the list can be joined by a Harland Hall and a Harland Wharf of your own.
  • Check the name is not already used by a well-known building in the real city you are writing about; short surname plus Tower combinations are especially common.

Frequently asked questions

How are real buildings usually named?

After their builder or owner, their street or neighbourhood, their original trade (mill, exchange, foundry, granary), a nearby landmark, or a developer's marketing coinage. The suffix then tells people the type: Tower, Hall, House, Court, Lofts, Plaza, Exchange, Works.

Can I use these names for an apartment complex or office block?

Yes. Residential-style names (Court, Terrace, Lofts, Heights, Mansions) and commercial ones (Tower, Plaza, Centre, Exchange) are both included. These are suggestions that have not been checked against any trademark register, property listing or business directory, so search your national register, local planning records and nearby developments before putting one on a real building.

Do these work for fantasy or historical settings?

Most do. Names like the Guildhall, the Drapers' Hall, the Tithe Barn, the Powder Magazine or the Chapter House fit medieval and Victorian-flavoured worlds, while Tower, Spire and Plaza names suit modern or futuristic cities.

Are any of these the names of real famous buildings?

Some will be. We tried to avoid famous landmarks by using generic or invented first elements, but nobody checked the list against a register of real buildings. The trade-hall forms are the likeliest matches: many towns have a Corn Exchange or a Guildhall, and London has a real Drapers' Hall. Search the name together with your city before you use it for anything public.

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This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 20 names

  • Abbotsford Heights
  • Alder House
  • Aldermoor Depot
  • Amberley Court
  • Ambrose House
  • Arden Point
  • Ashbourne Plaza
  • Ashby Pavilion
  • Ashcombe Centre
  • Ashcroft Tower
  • Ashdown Tower
  • Ashford Commons
  • Ashgrove Chambers
  • Ashington Tower
  • Ashmole Tower
  • Ashridge Point
  • Ashworth Galleria
  • Aspinall Tower
  • Austen Court
  • Avery Hall

B: 27 names

  • Bannerman Tower
  • Barnaby Centre
  • Barrow Street Depot
  • Beaumont Court
  • Bellhaven Heights
  • Bellingham Court
  • Belmont Spire
  • Benedict Hall
  • Bewley Chambers
  • Bexley Tower
  • Birchmere Terrace
  • Birkett Tower
  • Bishopsgate Commons
  • Blackfriars Arcade
  • Blackwell Tower
  • Bourne Chambers
  • Brackenridge Building
  • Bramber Commons
  • Bramhall Chambers
  • Bramwell Court
  • Brannigan Tower
  • Bridgeport Tower
  • Brightmoor Centre
  • Brightwater Tower
  • Brindley Wharf Offices
  • Brookmere Tower
  • Bryce House

C: 26 names

  • Calder Point
  • Caldwell Court
  • Calloway Tower
  • Camden Works
  • Cardew Exchange
  • Carlisle Terrace
  • Carrickmore Plaza
  • Carrow Street Station
  • Carver Lofts
  • Castellan Heights
  • Cavendish Exchange
  • Caverley Plaza
  • Cawdor Tower
  • Caxton Building
  • Cedar Row Terrace
  • Clavering Heights
  • Cobalt Exchange
  • Colebrook Commons
  • Coleford Chambers
  • Compton Hall
  • Copperfield Tower
  • Corbett Plaza
  • Corwen Hall
  • Crane Street Warehouse
  • Crestline Tower
  • Crofton Chambers

D: 10 names

  • Dalton Works
  • Danvers Plaza
  • Darby Works
  • Dashwood Building
  • Daventry Heights
  • Delaney Plaza
  • Denham Tower
  • Dovecote House
  • Dunmore House
  • Dunstan Building

E: 13 names

  • Easterbrook Plaza
  • Eastgate Commons
  • Eddington Court
  • Edgecombe Hall
  • Ellery Hall
  • Ellesmere Point
  • Ellsworth Court
  • Ellwood Tower
  • Elmbridge Court
  • Emberton Tower
  • Eskdale Court
  • Everett Spire
  • Everley Point

F: 14 names

  • Fairbanks Building
  • Fairhaven Point
  • Fairlie Spire
  • Fairweather Building
  • Fallowfield Court
  • Farrow Block
  • Fenchurch Commons
  • Fennimore Lofts
  • Fenwick Hall
  • Ferncastle Terrace
  • Ferrier Lofts
  • Fielding Chambers
  • Finch House
  • Fitzroy House

G: 14 names

  • Garforth Exchange
  • Garland Court
  • Garnet Plaza
  • Garrick Centre
  • Garrison Point
  • Gilmore Plaza
  • Glasswater Tower
  • Gosforth Tower
  • Greaves House
  • Greenlaw Commons
  • Grenville Tower
  • Gresham Heights
  • Greyfell Court
  • Grimsdyke Chambers

H: 29 names

  • Hadleigh Tower
  • Halcyon Heights
  • Haldane Tower
  • Halewood Hall
  • Halloran Court
  • Halsey Chambers
  • Halstead Exchange
  • Halverson Building
  • Hanley Hall
  • Harcourt Heights
  • Hargreaves Lofts
  • Harland Works
  • Harrowgate Building
  • Hartwell Lofts
  • Haverford Plaza
  • Hawkridge Heights
  • Hawthorne Chambers
  • Hazelmere Lofts
  • Hensley Lofts
  • Hewitt Hall
  • Heywood Chambers
  • Holbrook Heights
  • Hollingsworth Building
  • Hollins Terrace
  • Hollis Hall
  • Holloway Heights
  • Hollowell Yards
  • Holywell Commons
  • Horsley Chambers

I: 6 names

  • Inchcape Spire
  • Inglewood Pavilion
  • Ingram Tower
  • Ironbridge Foundry
  • Isherwood Block
  • Ivorywell Court

J: 1 name

  • Jessop Building

K: 11 names

  • Kelsey Lofts
  • Kendrick Exchange
  • Kenmore Pavilion
  • Kerrigan Block
  • Kestrel Point
  • Kettering Exchange
  • Kimber House
  • Kingsferry Exchange
  • Kingsley Spire
  • Kingsmead Tower
  • Kirby Terrace

L: 20 names

  • Langdon Terrace
  • Langley Lofts
  • Larkin Hall
  • Larkspur Tower
  • Laurelwood Centre
  • Lindley Pavilion
  • Linfield Commons
  • Linwood Terrace
  • Lisle Terrace
  • Lismore Court
  • Lockhart Tower
  • Lockwood Plaza
  • Lomond Heights
  • Lorimer Heights
  • Lowell Yards
  • Loxley Court
  • Ludlow Terrace
  • Lumen Plaza
  • Lydgate Chambers
  • Lynwood Terrace

M: 17 names

  • Maddox Court
  • Maitland Tower
  • Mallory Tower
  • Mapleton Commons
  • Marchmont Centre
  • Marigold Court
  • Marlow Mansions
  • Marsden Hall
  • Marwood Commons
  • Mayhew Lofts
  • Mercer Hall
  • Merriman Pavilion
  • Montclair Place
  • Morley Lofts
  • Morrow Plaza
  • Mortlake Commons
  • Mowbray Terrace

N: 7 names

  • Nairn Court
  • Nesbit Centre
  • Nettleton Plaza
  • Nightingale Court
  • Northcote Arcade
  • Northfield Library
  • Northgate Spire

O: 9 names

  • Oakhurst Pavilion
  • Ogden Hall
  • Oldfield Centre
  • Oriel Court
  • Ormerod Chambers
  • Ormsby Exchange
  • Orrin Block
  • Osprey Point
  • Oswald Hall

P: 13 names

  • Padgett Centre
  • Pallister Centre
  • Pelham Crescent House
  • Pemberton Chambers
  • Pendleton Centre
  • Penrose Point
  • Peregrine Tower
  • Petrie Hall
  • Pickford Tower
  • Pinewood Tower
  • Pinnacle Plaza
  • Prescott Heights
  • Pryor Hall

Q: 3 names

  • Quarrington Hall
  • Quarry Lane Mill
  • Queensbridge Galleria

R: 19 names

  • Radcliffe Court
  • Radley Exchange
  • Ravelston Tower
  • Ravenhill Terrace
  • Redfern Arcade
  • Redstone Tower
  • Redwood Plaza
  • Rendell Tower
  • Renshaw Terrace
  • Ridgeway Tower
  • Ripley Chambers
  • Rivenhall
  • Rochford Tower
  • Rookwood Lofts
  • Roper Court
  • Rosslyn Heights
  • Rowan Exchange
  • Rutherford Spire
  • Rydal Tower

S: 25 names

  • Saffron Exchange
  • Saltmarsh Terminal
  • Sandringham Court
  • Saxby Chambers
  • Seabright Centre
  • Sedgwick Plaza
  • Seldon Plaza
  • Selwyn Court
  • Shackleton Hall
  • Sherwin Hall
  • Silverthorn Tower
  • Sloane Chambers
  • Sorrel Point
  • Stanhope Tower
  • Stanton Court
  • Stanwick Hall
  • Stapleton Chambers
  • Sterling Depot
  • Stillwater Tower
  • Stirling Tower
  • Stonemark Plaza
  • Stourbridge House
  • Strathmore Terrace
  • Sunderland Chambers
  • Sutcliffe Tower

T: 185 names

  • Talbot Hall
  • Tallis Chambers
  • Tarleton Hall
  • Tarrant Spire
  • Tavistock Building
  • Temperance Hall
  • Tennyson Block
  • Tewkesbury Court
  • Thackeray Building
  • The Almonry
  • The Almshouses
  • The Anchorage
  • The Argent Pavilion
  • The Armoury
  • The Arsenal
  • The Assay Office
  • The Atlas Building
  • The Auction Rooms
  • The Bakehouse
  • The Bakery Building
  • The Bathhouse
  • The Beacon Building
  • The Bell Foundry
  • The Bishop's Palace Annex
  • The Boiler House
  • The Bond Store
  • The Bonded Warehouse
  • The Book Bindery
  • The Brass Foundry
  • The Breakwater Building
  • The Brewery Lofts
  • The Cable Works
  • The Candle Factory
  • The Cannery
  • The Carbon Works
  • The Carpenters' Hall
  • The Carriage Works
  • The Cartography House
  • The Chandlery
  • The Chapel Street Depot
  • The Chapter House
  • The Clearing House
  • The Clocktower Exchange
  • The Cloister
  • The Cloth Hall
  • The Coachworks

T, continued

  • The Coal Exchange
  • The Cooperage
  • The Copper House
  • The Copperline Building
  • The Corn Exchange
  • The Corn Store
  • The Cotton Mill
  • The Courthouse Annex
  • The Customs Hall
  • The Dairy
  • The Distillery
  • The Dockmaster's Building
  • The Drapers' Hall
  • The Drill Hall
  • The Dye Works
  • The Embassy Annex
  • The Engine House
  • The Exchange at Kettle Lane
  • The Exchange Building
  • The Ferry House
  • The Fire Station Lofts
  • The Fish Market Building
  • The Flour Mill Lofts
  • The Forge
  • The Foundry at Ninth Street
  • The Fulling Mill
  • The Garment Building
  • The Gaslight Building
  • The Glassworks
  • The Goods Shed
  • The Grainery Lofts
  • The Granary at Millbank
  • The Granite Building
  • The Guildhall
  • The Harbourmaster's Office
  • The Hat Factory
  • The Herbarium
  • The Heronry
  • The Hospice Annex
  • The Hydro Building
  • The Ice House
  • The Iron Works
  • The Ironmongers' Hall
  • The Kiln House
  • The Lamp Works
  • The Lantern Works

T, continued

  • The Leather Exchange
  • The Lighthouse Building
  • The Linen Hall
  • The Lock Keeper's House
  • The Locksmiths' Quarter Lofts
  • The Maltings
  • The Market Hall
  • The Marquee Building
  • The Match Factory
  • The Mercantile
  • The Meridian Tower
  • The Mill Race Lofts
  • The Mint
  • The Mission Hall
  • The Mortuary Chapel
  • The Music Hall
  • The Needle
  • The Nine Bells Building
  • The Observatory at Linden Hill
  • The Old Custom House
  • The Old Post Office
  • The Orangery
  • The Orchard House
  • The Paper Mill
  • The Parliament Annex
  • The Pavement Building
  • The Pavilion at Strand Row
  • The Pier Arcade
  • The Pier Pavilion
  • The Pier Seven Warehouse
  • The Pigeon Loft Studios
  • The Pilot House
  • The Pilot's Tower
  • The Pottery
  • The Powder Magazine
  • The Printworks
  • The Pump House
  • The Pump Room
  • The Quayside Building
  • The Railway Hotel Building
  • The Rectory
  • The Ribbon Market Building
  • The Riverside Pavilion
  • The Rolling Mill
  • The Rope Walk
  • The Ropery

T, continued

  • The Sable Building
  • The Sail Loft
  • The Salt House
  • The Sawmill Lofts
  • The Seamen's Mission
  • The Seed Warehouse
  • The Shipping Office
  • The Shot Tower
  • The Signal Tower
  • The Silk Exchange
  • The Silverline Centre
  • The Slipway Building
  • The Smokehouse
  • The Stables
  • The Stationers' Hall
  • The Steeple Chambers
  • The Stock Exchange Annex
  • The Stockyard Offices
  • The Sugar House
  • The Tannery Lofts
  • The Telegraph Building
  • The Tidewater Building
  • The Tithe Barn
  • The Tobacco Warehouse
  • The Town Hall Annex
  • The Tram Shed
  • The Tramway Building
  • The Twin Chimneys Building
  • The Union Building
  • The Vinegar Works
  • The Water Tower Residences
  • The Waterworks
  • The Weighhouse
  • The Windmill Lofts
  • The Wool Exchange
  • Thistlewood Commons
  • Thornbury Court
  • Thorne Hall
  • Thornwick Exchange
  • Thorold Hall
  • Threadneedle House
  • Thurston Exchange
  • Thwaite Hall
  • Tindall Exchange
  • Treadwell Hall
  • Tremayne Point
  • Trevelyan Court

V: 6 names

  • Vale House
  • Vantage Tower
  • Varley Lofts
  • Ventnor Chambers
  • Verity Tower
  • Vesper Hall

W: 24 names

  • Wainwright Hall
  • Wardlow Terrace
  • Wardour Chambers
  • Warrington Chambers
  • Wentworth Centre
  • Westbourne Point
  • Westmoor Yards
  • Wetherby Hall
  • Wexford Commons
  • Whitcombe Court
  • Whitfield Court
  • Whitlock Center
  • Whitmore Terrace
  • Wicklow Lofts
  • Wilberforce Tower
  • Willoughby Tower
  • Windermere Terrace
  • Winslow Tower
  • Wolcott Chambers
  • Woodrow Heights
  • Wraysbury Lofts
  • Wrenfield Chambers
  • Wycliffe Heights
  • Wynter Hall

Y: 1 name

  • Yardley Plaza