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office building
A building that consists mainly of office rooms and is used by companies or public authorities for administrative activities.
Unsere Firma zieht bald in ein modernes Bürogebäude im Stadtzentrum um.
Our company is soon moving into a modern office building in the city center.
This word is a simple compound made up of 'Büro' (office) and 'Gebäude' (building). So it refers exactly to what the individual parts describe: a building full of offices.
In der Innenstadt werden viele neue Bürogebäude gebaut.
Many new office buildings are being built in the city center.
Pay attention to the case after the preposition 'in': you work 'in einem' (dative) Bürogebäude, but you move 'in ein' (accusative) neues Bürogebäude.
Er arbeitet in einem großen Bürogebäude am Stadtrand.
He works in a large office building on the outskirts of the city.
Common verbs used in connection with an office building are 'bauen' (to build), 'mieten' (to rent), 'renovieren' (to renovate), or 'verlassen' (to leave).
Die Firma hat ein ganzes Stockwerk in einem Bürogebäude gemietet.
The company rented an entire floor in an office building.
office / bureau
'das Büro' and 'das Bürogebäude' are closely related, but they do not mean the same thing. 'Büro' usually means a room or several rooms where work is done. 'Bürogebäude' means the whole building that contains many offices. The words are easy to confuse because in both cases you think of work with desks. If you mean the workplace or room, you say 'Büro'. If you mean the building as a whole, 'Bürogebäude' is more precise.
Das alte Bürogebäude wurde im letzten Jahr renoviert.
The old office building was renovated last year.
Vor dem Termin wartet er kurz vor dem Büro der Sachbearbeiterin.
Before the appointment, he waits briefly outside the case worker's office.