The phrase "building was removed" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where a building has been taken away or demolished. For example, "The old school building was removed to make way for a new development."
The tower on the Neptune Beach Club building was removed.
The Hulme Hippodrome building was removed from the list of lost buildings in the quick guide.
The former Chinese Merchants Association Building, or what remains of it, is an artifact from this time period: half of the building was removed to make room for the construction of the highway.
The bank has remained open while the entire building was removed piecemeal above & around it, and another building, brand-new right down to the steel beams, was erected in its place.
A five-foot-tall cornice that wrapped the roofline and jutted out three feet at the top of the building was removed about 50 years ago, but it will be restored as it appears in historical photos.
Mr. Badia watched as the old wood and brick stairwell that traveled up one side of the narrow building was removed and replaced with a modern sculptural design, made of polished concrete steps on the first two levels and black metal steps on the upper levels.
The interior walls of the building were removed for Mr. Nesbitt, but nothing was thrown out.
What will happen to the property once the building is removed is still uncertain, although many people have made their interest clear.
Victor Miranda, who lives in Ms. Sanders's apartment building at 405 Williams Avenue, said the laundry machines in the building were removed a few years ago to make room for management offices.
Two sphinxes, which had previously guarded the building, were removed for these new works.
The New York Times reports that Maine's Republican Governor Paul LePage has demanded a 36 foot-wide mural on the Department of Labor's building be removed.
