Building

Planning and Placement

Where each building may stand: near a road, at the cliff, on a deposit, in the canyon, on a platform, and what else can be in the way.

Before you build, the build preview shows whether a spot fits. Green means go, red means no, and the reason is shown next to it.

Placement rules

Rule	Applies to
Road nearby	most buildings, for example police at most 2 tiles, warehouse 3, fusion power plant 6 tiles from a road
At the cliff	pig iron mine
On a deposit	kryptonite mine
In the canyon by the river	spice mine
Anywhere	energy relays and access towers, no road needed
On a platform	skyscrapers and high-rises on the upper level, one tile apart from their neighbor

Many buildings exist only once or a few times per city. The "i" in the build menu names the limit.

Other buildings and roads
Zone houses: the game clears them for you on request. The preview shows the clearing price.
Rocks and mesas: have them cleared first (Boulders, Mesas and Toxic Lakes)
Toxic lakes plus a border of 3 tiles where nobody may ever live
Terrain steps and kryptonite fields
The edge of your land: nothing goes outside your unlocked districts (Unlocking Districts)

Industry belongs at a distance from housing, with a dense district in between (Smog and Air).
Power plants only supply what lies within their reach (Power Plants).
Services work in a circle: place them in the middle of the districts they are meant to protect.
In the tutorial Bit marks in green where he recommends a building.