Buildings come in a lot of types and features, and have been designed throughout history for a huge number of factors, from creating elements available, to different atmosphere conditions, to area costs, ground conditions, particular uses and visible reasons. Buildings offer several needs of group – mainly as security from atmosphere and as common liveable space, to offer pleasure, to store valuable items and to completely live and work. A creating as a security represents a physical division of the human atmosphere (a place of pleasure and safety) and the outside.

These areas are geographically designated heritage sites by the province of British Columbia, although the city is responsible for defending heritage buildings.