What constitutes as an object is whatever the GM deems it so within reason
applying common sense usually works but lets go for your examples
a plant could be consideren and object, but certainly not an *inanimate object* sometimes that is a diffence, it depends on what you want to do with it
statues, columns, fountains are not exactly natural features and certainly no lifeforms, so I would argue they are objects
going from that, size is not a limited to an object, it would be logical to rule that everything that is not purely landscape and not alive is an object, this would make a house an object in at the least most contexts
As others have stated, this is in the realm of GM adjudication as the term Object is not explicitly defined, so expect results to vary; however...
You repeatedly cast the same spell while moving at half speed. Typically, this spell is a cantrip that you want to have in effect in the event a combat breaks out, and it must be one you can cast in 2 actions or fewer. In order to prevent fatigue due to repeated casting, you’ll likely use this activity only when something out of the ordinary occurs.
You can instead use this activity to continue Sustaining a Spell or Activation with a sustained duration. Most such spells or item effects can be sustained for 10 minutes, though some specify they can be sustained for a different duration.
Even if a GM were so kind as to allows the player to Target an entire building, the party would need to find it in 10 minutes or less.
The closest I have found to an explicit definition is the Animate Object Ritual
which has Targets: 1 Object and the ritual description provides some examples.
So using Animate Object as a guideline, it appears (my interpretation of the RAI) as the level of the ritual goes up, so too does the size of Object you can choose as a viable Target.
Using Bulk rules of creatures gives:
Rank 2 Ritual - Can Target a Large 2x2 Silverware Swarm - Bulk 12
Rank 5 Ritual - Can Target a Huge 3x3 Statue - Bulk 24
Rank 8 Ritual - Can Target a Gargantuan 4x4 Trebuchet - Bulk 48
Since this is a Ritual, my opinion is that using these numbers are actually fairly generous if you were to apply them to spells. Or at the very least, my opinion is that to Target larger Objects requires the use of a more powerful resource - such as a higher Rank spell slot.
Under these parameters, a expansive building would be beyond the scope of a Rank 3 Locate spell. Perhaps a small hut, though. Other objects that fall within the bulk parameters given the spell Rank would also qualify.
Even if a GM were so kind as to allows the player to Target an entire building, the party would need to find it in 10 minutes or less.
Yes, that is actually a good observation to bring up. The building also needs to be within 500 feet. So if finding a building within that distance is a problem, it is likely that finding it within the time limit may also be a problem.
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If it's not a creature, energy, or effect, it is probably an object.
A carriage spoke is an object. So is the wheel. So is the carriage.
Just my 2cp.
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Since an Object is an instance of a Class, then only player characters are Objects.
You could perhaps make a case that an NPC built using the PC build rules would also be an Object, but that feels like using C++ Struct and putting functions in it.