high-rise building

Multistory building taller than the maximum height people are willing to walk up, thus requiring vertical mechanical transportation. The introduction of safe passenger elevators made practical the erection of buildings more than four or five stories tall. The first high-rise buildings were constructed in the U.S. in the 1880s. Further developments were made possible by the use of steel structural frames and glass curtain-wall systems. High-rises are used for residential apartments, hotels, offices, and sometimes retail, light manufacturing, and educational facilities. See also skyscraper.

high-rise building [¦hī ¦rīz ′bild·iŋ]

(civil engineering)

tall building

high-rise building

Said of a building that is many stories in height, usually higher than ten to twelve stories.

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High-rise buildings in Coventry inspired the pictures by 23-yearold Matt Boynton and his work can now be seen in the Deeley Group's George House offices in Herald Avenue, Coventry.

Matt's art finds home at Deeley by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

Clients are diverse: from residential to commercial and industrial, and from mobile homes to high-rise buildings.

Business For Sale; 17 -- Special Trade Contractors; PLUMBING AND ... by Businesses for Sale: FirstList

Hydra Properties, an UAE-based master-planner and developer, has selected Dubai-based Kele Contracting as its lead construction contractor for Hydra Towers, a series of five uniquely-shaped high-rise buildings in Business Bay, Dubai.

Kele wins Hydra Towers contract by Saudi Economic Survey

high-pressure laminates

high-pressure mercury lamp

high-pressure mercury-vapor lamp

high-pressure overlay

high-pressure phenomena

high-pressure physics

High-Pressure Physics, Institute of

high-pressure process

High-pressure processes

high-pressure separator

high-pressure sodium lamp