List of buildings in Civ5

This is the list of buildings in Civ5. The Gods and Kings expansion coming out in Spring 2012 will add 13 new buildings to the game.

Ancient era

Building	Effect	Notes
Barracks	+15 experience for all units
Circus	+2 Happiness	City must have horse or ivory nearby
Floating gardens	+15% Food +2 Food for each worked lake tile +1 Production	Aztec civilization only, replacing watermill. City must border fresh water.
Granary	+2 Food +1 Food from wheat, banana and deer
Krepost	+15 experience for all units -25% Culture cost of tiles and -25% when purchasing new tiles	Russian civilization only, replacing barracks.
Library	+1 Science for every 2 Population in the city
Monument	+2 Culture
Paper maker	+1 Science for every 2 Population in the city +2 Gold	Chinese civilization only, replacing library.
Pyramid	+2 Faith +2 Science	Maya civilization only, replacing Shrine
Shrine	+1 Faith
Stele	+2 Culture +2 Faith	Ethiopian civilization only, replacing Monument
Stone Works	+1 Production +1 Production per improved marble and stone	City must have improved marble or stone nearby
Walls	+5 Melee strength +50 HP
Walls of Babylon	+6 Melee strength +100 HP	Babylon civilization only, replacing walls.
Water mill	+2 Food +1 Production	City must border a river.

Building	Effect	Notes
Amphitheater	+3 Culture	Requires monument
Armory	+15 experience for all units	Requires barracks or krepost.
Aqueduct	+40% Food is carried over after a new citizen is born
Bazaar	+25% Gold +2 Gold +2 Gold per oasis and Oil resource 1 extra luxury resource from each improved luxury near the city	Arabian civilization only, replaces the market.
Burial tomb	+2 Faith +2 Happiness	Doubles gold given to enemy if city captured. Egyptian civilization only, replacing temple. Requires Shrine.
Colosseum	+2 Happiness
Courthouse	Reduces extra Unhappiness in occupied city
Lighthouse	+1 Food from sea tiles	City must be coastal.
Market	+25% Gold +2 Gold
Mint	+2 Gold per gold and silver resource worked by city	City must have a gold or silver mine nearby
Mud pyramid mosque	+2 Culture +2 Faith	Songhai civilization only, replacing temple. Requires shrine.
Stable	+1 Production from sheep, cattle and horses. +25% Production for mounted units.	City must have a pasture nearby.
Temple	+2 Faith	Requires Shrine.

Building	Effect	Notes
Armory	+15 xp for all units	City must have a barracks or krepost
Castle	+7 Melee strength +25 HP	Requires walls.
Forge	+15% Production for land units +1 Production for worked sources of iron	City must have an iron mine nearby.
Garden	+25% great people generation	City must border a river or lake.
Harbor	+25% Production of naval units Forms a trade route across water	City must be built on a coast.
Longhouse	+2 Production +1 Production from worked forest tiles	Iroquois civilization only, replaces the workshop.
Mughal Fort	+7 Melee strength +25 HP +2 Culture Produces Gold after Flight is researched	Indian civilization only, replaces the castle. Requires walls.
University	+33% Science +2 Science from worked jungle tiles	Requires library.
Wat	+33% Science +2 Science from worked jungle tiles +3 Culture	Siamese civilization only, replaces the university. Requires library.
Workshop	+10% Production +2 Production

Building	Effect	Notes
Arsenal	+9 Melee strength +25 HP	Requires castle or mughal fort.
Bank	+25% Gold	Requires market or bazaar
Ceilidh Hall	+3 Happiness +4 Culture	Celts civilization only, replacing opera house Requires Amphitheater
Coffee House	+5% Production +2 Production +25% great people generation.	Austrian civilization only, replacing the windmill.
Constabulary	-25% enemy spy stealing rate
Observatory	+50% Science	City must border a mountain
Opera house	+4 Culture	Requires amphitheater.
Satrap's court	+25% Gold +2 Gold +2 Happiness	Requires market. Persian civilization only. Replaces bank
Seaport	+15% Production for naval units +1 Production, Gold from sea resources	City must be on a coast. Requires harbor.
Theatre	+3 Happiness	Requires colosseum
Windmill	+2 Production	City cannot be on hills

Building	Effect	Notes
Factory	+10% Production +4 Production	Requires Workshop or longhouse. Requires 1 Coal.
Hospital	+5 Food	Requires aqueduct.
Hydro Plant	+1 Production for tiles bordering a river	City must be built next to a river Requires 1 Aluminum
Military academy	+15 experience for all units	Requires armory
Museum	+5 Culture	Requires opera house
Police Station	-25% enemy spy stealing rate	Requires constabulary
Public school	+1 Science for every 2 Population +3 Science	Requires university or wat.
Stock Exchange	+33% Gold	Requires bank or Satrap's Court.

Building	Effect	Notes
Broadcast Tower	+33% Culture +3 Culture	Requires museum.
Military Base	+12 Melee strength +25 HP	Requires arsenal.
Research Lab	+50% Science +4 Science	Requires public school
Stadium	+4 Happiness	Cannot provide more Happiness than Population in city. Requires theatre

Building	Effect	Notes
Medical Lab	+25% Food is carried over after a new citizen is born (stacks with aqueduct)	Requires hospital
Nuclear Plant	+15% Production +5 Production	Requires 1 uranium City cannot contain a solar plant
Recycling Center	+2 Aluminum resources	You can have 5 centers in your empire at most.
Solar Plant	+15% Production +5 Production	City must border a desert City cannot contain a nuclear plant

Building	Effect	Notes
Bomb Shelter	-75% population loss from nuclear attack
Spaceship Factory	+50% Production for spaceship parts +3 Production	Requires factory Requires 1 Aluminum

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