Dreams of buildings are more related to unnamed people and much more related to strangers than dreams in general. They are less related to family and less related to romantic partners.

Building dreams are less related to grief and sorrow, less related to hatred, and less related to love.

Building dreams are more related to work, much more related to human-made places, and more related to transportation than dreams in general.

Building dreams are more related to aggressive acts and much more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to health events.

Dreams of buildings are more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to sleep paralysis and less related to bad dreams.

Dreams of buildings are more related to vision than dreams in general.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience buildings in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about buildings in dreams. See how you feel about buildings now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. To decode the symbolism of a building, begin with analogies, metaphors and word play. A person can be described as tall as a skyscraper or built strong like a brick house. An idea can be built upon. Self-esteem and confidence are built up. Marriages, families, faith, and confidence are built. Dreams can use a building as a physical representation for the verb “to build.” What are you building in the personal sense? See: Constructing Parts of a building are used in analogies, such as “strong foundation” and “roof over your head.” Comparison is the heart of analogy, and buildings can be used myriad ways to make comparisons. The type of building in a dream says a lot, too. What purpose does a type of building serve? For example, a shopping mall has many shopping choices, so the symbolism can mean choosing among options. A home-improvement store can mean making personal improvements, such as improving your body or mind. A school building or library can relate to learning. Areas of a building can symbolize areas of your body, such as a basement representing your instincts or emotions, or a top floor or roof representing your head or thoughts. Floors of buildings can symbolize ages and times of life, such as the sixteenth floor symbolizing your sixteenth year. See: Basements Much can be said symbolically about your body through the condition of a building. For example, opaque or broken windows can represent poor sight. Plumbing problems can refer to the urinary system or sex organs. A crumbling building can symbolize poor health. Then again, broken windows can symbolize loss of opportunity (a “window of opportunity”), and a crumbling building can symbolize a belief structure coming down. Damage to a building, especially to the façade, can indicate damage to self-image or reputation. A building in ruins can be a graphic representation of a life in ruins, or part of it in ruins, such as after a divorce or other personal disaster. New additions to a building and newly built buildings can symbolize new aspects of yourself, or additions to your life. For example, a newly built school can symbolize expansion of your knowledge or scope of learning. Having a child is an addition to the family and can be symbolized as an addition to your home. The height of a building can be used to create symbolism. For example, low or high expectations or opinions can be symbolized as a low or high building. See: Hugeness, Smallness A city full of buildings can symbolize the public sphere of life and a search for opportunities in your career. The symbolism is built on the idea that cities are where the best jobs and the most people are found. See: Cities A fallen building can symbolize big changes in yourself or your life, such as in values, morals, and ideals. Buildings that remind you of a time of life can refer to that time. See: Childhood homes Scaling a building can symbolize reaching for your ambitions, but ask yourself whether there is an easier way. Perhaps taking the elevator would be better. See: Climbing An empty building can symbolize feeling empty. See: Emptiness The symbolism of a building can be derived from its shape. See: Shapes See also: Stadiums and arenas, Attics, Basements, Body parts, Castles, Childhood homes, Churches, Cities, Climbing, Constructing, Destruction, Disasters, Elevators, Emptiness, Family homes, Fences, Fires, Home, Libraries, Malls, Movies, Neighbors, Numbers, Pyramids, Restaurants and bars, Shapes, Shopping, Skyscrapers, Stages