The phrase "a distinctive building" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a building that has unique or notable characteristics that set it apart from others.
Example: "The city is known for its skyline, which features a distinctive building that attracts tourists from around the world."
Alternatives: "an iconic structure" or "a unique edifice".
To lose a distinctive building would feel like a step back".
Retaining Augustus N. Allen, otherwise known for row houses, the company sought a distinctive building to play to its many architect clients.
But seldom has the view from such a distinctive building been threatened so soon after the ink on so many sales contracts has dried.
Titi Halle, Cora Ginsburg's first employee and the current owner of the Cora Ginsburg Gallery in Manhattan, recalled that Ginsburg & Levy bought a distinctive building at 815 Madison Avenue in 1921.
Across West Fingerboard Road are the offices of The Staten Island Advance, the borough's daily newspaper, housed in a distinctive building of dark tinted glass set upon an orange brick base.
In the distance beyond the questioning faces, Riess saw the synagogue that his family belonged to - a distinctive building with three domes.
But Vasari created a highly distinctive building, which was to become as emblematic of Florence as the Palazzo Vecchio and the city's cathedral with its dome by Brunelleschi.
Inspired by the Art Nouveau-era Wedding Tower designed for Vienna by the architect Joseph Maria Olbrich, Mr. Kriemler used a photo of the distinctive building as a dramatic print.
To help decide which ones to preserve first, the city has commissioned a study that identifies distinctive building and landscaping styles.
Chase Tower, we are told, is "a distinctive landmark building [that] mimics a windmill to generate electricity for the communal parts of the building with photovoltaic panels".
This exterior has been left alone, but wedged around it is a distinctive new building on seven floors, created by Norwegian architects Snøhetta: its white rippled facade, we're told, evokes the waters of the bay surrounding San Francisco and the rolling in of the city's famous fog.
