lowrise
Not very tall
Lowrise describes buildings of relatively few stories, typically under four or five floors, as opposed to highrise towers: a lowrise apartment complex, lowrise office buildings.
The term often appears in urban planning discussions about neighborhood character and density.
As a noun, a lowrise is such a building.
Lowrise jeans or pants sit below the natural waist.
Tough cotton twill
- waistbandGarment's upper rim
- hipsterAggressively alternative person
- bootcutPants widening at ankle
- skinnyVery thin, underweight
flare · boyfriend · relaxed · stretch · fitted · casual · comfort · silhouette
One-story house with porch
- townhouseAttached multi-floor urban residence
- duplexDivided dwelling, shared walls
- triplexThree-dwelling residential building
- quadplexFour-dwelling residential structure
walkup · rowhouse · flats · maisonette · infill · midrise · story · storey
Apparent earth-sky meeting
- skylineUrban profile against atmosphere
- rooflineUpper building contour
- vistaPleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
cityscape · streetscape · silhouette · profile · unobstructed · sightline · neighborhood · sprawl
Residential area nearby
- densityMass-to-volume ratio
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- sprawlExtend in disorderly fashion
- developmentProgress toward maturity
planning · residential · district · streetscape · block · suburb · gentrification · infill
denim
Tough cotton twill
skinny · flare · boyfriend · relaxed · stretch · fitted · casual · comfort · silhouette · inseam
bungalow
One-story house with porch
- townhouseAttached multi-floor urban residence
- duplexDivided dwelling, shared walls
- triplexThree-dwelling residential building
quadplex · walkup · rowhouse · flats · maisonette · infill · midrise · story · storey · floor
horizon
Apparent earth-sky meeting
panorama · cityscape · streetscape · silhouette · profile · unobstructed · sightline · neighborhood · sprawl · flatland
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
development · planning · residential · district · streetscape · block · suburb · gentrification · infill · walkability
lowrisehighrise
Multistory urban building
high-rise · skyscraper · tower · tall building · multistory
lowrisehigh-density
Closely packed together
high-density housing · highrise · tower block · urban core · downtown
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