mid-rise

Neither low nor high

Mid-rise describes buildings of moderate height—typically four to twelve stories, taller than low-rise but shorter than high-rise.

The term appears most often in real estate and urban planning: a mid-rise apartment complex, mid-rise office buildings.

As a noun, a mid-rise is such a building: The neighborhood is full of mid-rises from the 1960s.

architecture

building

Enclosed roofed structure

urban · stories · floors · zoning · density · development · complex · construction · elevator · mixed-use

fashion

jeans

Casual denim trousers

trousers · fit · silhouette · hip · navel · waistband · stretch · skinny · bootcut · boyfriend

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Opposites
building height

mid-risehigh-rise

Multistory tall building

skyscraper · low-rise · tower · single-story · bungalow

clothing waist height

mid-risehigh-waisted

Rising above the hips

low-rise · high-rise · hip-huggers · natural waist · empire waist

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G