How to sign “Building” in ASL
The BSL sign for “Building” isn't in our dictionary yet — it will be fingerspelled in BSL mode, never replaced with this ASL sign.
Step by step
- Shape both hands into bent hands, curling all four fingers like claws while the thumbs stay relaxed.
- Stack one bent hand on top of the other in front of your chest, as if laying a brick.
- Lift the lower hand and stack it on top of the upper one, climbing upward step by step.
- Keep climbing with alternating hands for three or four layers to show the rising structure.
- Use all four fingers on each hand; this full-handed version marks the noun, a finished building.
Practice tip
Four fingers per hand marks the noun BUILDING; the two-finger version marks the verb, the process of building, per Lifeprint.
Fingerspell “Building”
Letter by letter — a handy backup if you forget the sign above. This is not the sign itself.
Text-based guide researched from established ASL references (Lifeprint, university and public-health materials) and rewritten in original words. Signer-created photos and videos are a planned future upgrade.