Panel building

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Panel building may refer to buildings of one of the following types:

• Built of structural insulated panels
• Built of pre-fabricated concrete blocks, named differently in various countries:
  • Slovak and Czech: Panelák
  • French: Maison à panneaux
  • German: Plattenbau
  • Russian: Панельный дом, блочный дом (see Khrushchyovka)
  • Bulgarian: панелен блок (panelen blok), панелка (panelka)
  • Croatian: stambeni blok
  • Polish: Wielka płyta
  • Romanian: Bloc
  • Italian: Casa prefabbricata
  • Estonian: Paneelmaja
  • Hungarian: panelház ("panel house") or tömbház ("block house", Transylvanian version) or simply panel
  • Finnish: Elementtitalo
  • Serbian: stambeni blok
  • Modern Hebrew: abestonim
  • Catalan: bloc prefabricat
  • Spanish: Torreta prefabricada