tall buildings
City skyline components
Tall buildings are structures of considerable height, typically multi-story buildings that dominate their surroundings.
The phrase is descriptive rather than technical—unlike skyscraper or high-rise, it carries no specific height threshold: The downtown skyline is full of tall buildings.
What counts as tall depends on context; a ten-story building is tall in a small town but modest in Manhattan.
- city skylineUrban rooftop profile
- skylineUrban profile against atmosphere
- skyscraperVery tall urban building
- towerTall slender edifice
- high-riseMultistory tall building
bird's eye view · steel frame · office · urban sprawl · concrete · spire · rooftop · penthouse suite · window washer · landmark · elevator · crane · glass · window · curtain wall · lobby · ground floor · mixed use
- height concernsceiling height, clearance, overpasses, skyscrapers, antenna towers
- heightshort, high, low, height, elevation
- wind engineeringwind load, wind gusts, wind speed, wind tunnel, flutter
tall buildingsbungalows
One-story detached houses
cottages · ranch houses · cabins · sheds · huts
tall buildingssprawling suburbs
farmhouses · village houses · detached homes · wilderness cabins · homesteads