Buildings housing a learned society called an "academy," which exists for the promotion and education in art, literature, science, etc.

academies(buildings)　(P,,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
academy(building)　(,U,English-NP,AD,U,U)
學院(依教育程度區分之學校建築)　(P,,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
研究院(依教育程度區分之學校建築)　(,U,Chinese (traditional)-NP,UF,U,U)
hsüeh yüan(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
xué yuàn(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
xue yuan(P,,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)

Top of the AAT hierarchies
....Objects Facet
........Built Environment (Hierarchy Name)
............Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name)
................<single built works (Built Environment)>
....................<single built works by specific type>
........................<single built works by function>
............................<institutional buildings>
................................schools (buildings)
....................................<school buildings by level of education>
........................................academies (buildings)

thing(s) involved are....

academies(institutions)

Chinese (traditional)....	容納稱為「學院」之學術團體的建築，其存在目的是為提升與教育藝術、文學、科學等。

academies(buildings)............	[VP]
.................	Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary [online] (1997-2002)
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
academy(building)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
學院(依教育程度區分之學校建築)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 March 15, 2013
研究院(依教育程度區分之學校建築)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	朗文當代大辭典 8
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 August 31, 2011

Getty AAT: 300312331 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300312331
ASDC Union Catalog： academies 、academy 、學院 、研究院 、hsüeh yüan 、xué yuàn 、xue yuan