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Low-rise apartments in Bondi, Australia. A low-rise is a building that is only a few stories tall or any building that is shorter than a high-rise, [1] though others include the classification of mid-rise. [2] [3]
High-rise towers in Vilnius Central Business District, Lithuania The Majakka high-rise building in Kalasatama, Helsinki, Finland A tower block , high-rise , apartment tower , residential tower , apartment block , block of flats , or office tower is a tall building , as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined differently in terms of height ...
An office building in Accra, Ghana. Office buildings are generally categorized by size and by quality (e.g., "a low-rise Class A building") [2] Office buildings by size. Low-rise (less than 7 stories) Mid-rise (7–25 stories) High-rise (more than 25 stories), including skyscrapers (over 40 stories) Office buildings by quality [3] [4]
New York City, the most populous city in the United States, is home to more than 7,000 completed high-rise buildings of at least 115 feet (35 m), [1] of which at least 102 are taller than 650 feet (198 m). The tallest building in New York is One World Trade Center, which rises 1,776 feet (541 m).
The low-rise, high-density approach has regained popularity as an alternative to suburban sprawl and high-rise housing, offering a way to create density while providing a sense of community and connection to the ground. [8] [9] Le Corbusier: His Roq et Rob project in 1949 is considered an early influence on the low-rise, high-density approach.
As of August 2023, Los Angeles has over 816 high-rise buildings over 100 feet (30 m), most as low rise apartment buildings, [7] [8] 56 buildings over 400 feet (120 m), [9] and 21 buildings over 600 feet (183 m), including two supertalls over 1,000 feet (305 m), the Wilshire Grand and U.S. Bank Tower.
Panel khrushchevka in Tomsk. Khrushchevkas (Russian: хрущёвка, romanized: khrushchyovka, IPA: [xrʊˈɕːɵfkə]) are a type of low-cost, concrete-paneled or brick three- to five-storied apartment buildings (and apartments in these buildings) which were designed and constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s (when their namesake, Nikita Khrushchev, was leader of the Soviet ...
Private housing estates usually feature a cluster of high-rise buildings, often with its own shopping centre or market in the case of larger developments. Mei Foo Sun Chuen, built by Mobil, is the earliest (1965) and largest (99 blocks) example of its kind.