high-rise
Tall urban structure
A high-rise is a tall building with many stories, typically residential or commercial: a high-rise apartment, high-rise office towers.
The term usually implies at least ten floors, though the threshold varies.
As an adjective, it describes things associated with such buildings or, separately, pants or underwear with a waistband sitting above the natural waist: high-rise jeans.
Urban profile against atmosphere
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- downtownCentral business district
- metropolisLarge important city
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
vista · silhouette · density · urban · district · waterfront · CBD · cluster
Owned unit, shared grounds
- apartmentRented unit in building
- officeProfessional work location
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
- residentialRelating to housing
commercial · mixed-use · complex · plaza · headquarters · penthouse · lobby · elevator
Tall slender edifice
- façadeFalse outward appearance
- cantileverBeam supported one end
- columnVertical structural element
- concreteSolid building mixture
steel · glass · cladding · structural · engineering · blueprint · design · LEED
Of imposing height
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
- loftyImpressively high or noble
- tallOf considerable height
- elevatedRaised above usual level
stories · floors · sky · cloud · spire · pinnacle · summit · upper
Lifter or wader
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- formworkMold for poured concrete
- rebarSteel strengthening concrete
- pourSend liquid streaming out
erection · contractor · site · excavation · piling · hoist · hardhat · groundbreaking
skyline
Urban profile against atmosphere
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- downtownCentral business district
- metropolisLarge important city
horizon · vista · silhouette · density · urban · district · waterfront · CBD · cluster · canyon
condominium
Owned unit, shared grounds
- apartmentRented unit in building
- officeProfessional work location
- hotelCommercial lodging establishment
residential · commercial · mixed-use · complex · plaza · headquarters · penthouse · lobby · elevator · floor
tower
Tall slender edifice
- façadeFalse outward appearance
- cantileverBeam supported one end
- columnVertical structural element
concrete · steel · glass · cladding · structural · engineering · blueprint · design · LEED · sustainability
towering
Of imposing height
elevated · stories · floors · sky · cloud · spire · pinnacle · summit · upper
crane
Lifter or wader
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
- formworkMold for poured concrete
- rebarSteel strengthening concrete
pour · erection · contractor · site · excavation · piling · hoist · hardhat · groundbreaking
- American Architecturecolonial, Craftsman, bungalow, ranch house, Cape Cod
- high-riseselevator, balconies, floor number, condo tower, skyscraper
- housing typesranch house, split-level, Cape Cod, bungalow, apartment complex
- structureshouse, bridge, buildings, dome, building
- Citycity, town, downtown, midtown, suburb
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
high-risesprawl
Extend in disorderly fashion
suburban development · single-family home · detached house · ranch house · bungalow