Definitions

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  • adjective architecture, of a building Neither high-rise nor low-rise; typically having 4-10 stories
  • noun architecture A building which is neither high- nor low-rise

Etymologies

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mid- +‎ rise

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Examples

  • Speaking for Futurewise, we all take transit to work and over half the staff lives in midrise or highrise buildings.

    Report Card Gives Low Marks to City Council Members « PubliCola 2010

  • The new cut, called midrise, ends about two fingers below the navel and has a waistband that rests two thirds of the way between the hip and the smallest part of the waist.

    Jeans Rising 2007

  • If we maxed out just one arterial -- Aurora Av N-- with midrise development from the bridge to N 145 St, and put an elevated train over it -- yes, a monorail, bitches!

    Redefining Self-Sufficiency « PubliCola 2010

  • From 2006 onward, the fifth fund bought office buildings in midsize cities and suburbs and midrise apartment complexes from Naperville, Ill., to Mission, Kan., markets that have generally been slow to see values rebound.

    Real Estate Adds to Mets Owners' Headache Eliot Brown 2011

  • Over the past half-dozen years, downtown Mercer Island hassprouted seven midrise multifamily projects within a few-block radius.

    The Manhattanization of Mercer Island « PubliCola 2010

  • And accordingly I think it would be good for Seattle area neighborhoods to have greater variety of housing choices (not just 5-over-1 midrise, but also better lowrise and townhomes too) so that more options exist for different household types.

    Report Card Gives Low Marks to City Council Members « PubliCola 2010

  • If you've always wanted to stay on the Sunset Strip, there is, of course, Chateau Marmont, but just down the road in a gleaming 1960s midrise is the lesser-known Andaz West Hollywood from $289, 8401 Sunset Blvd.; andaz.hyatt.com .

    Los Angeles 2012

  • Saturday's daybreak revealed the whole of Minami Sanriku-Machi, a coastal town of 18,000 people in the prefecture of Miyagi, was washed away, except for several midrise concrete structures and buildings perched on surrounding hills.

    In the Northeast, Fire, Water and Ruin Yuka Hayashi 2011

  • Roseland also is starting a new project with Hartz Mountain Industries in Weehawken where they will build four midrise buildings with about 580 units.

    Apartment Projects Ramp Up in N.J., Aimed at Rentals Joseph De Avila 2012

  • If the owners are unable to secure rezoning, Olnick told the tenants meeting that it could move forward with an alternate expansion plan, which would construct several midrise buildings ranging in size from eight floors to 15 floors.

    Harlem Growth Plans Face Hurdles Wesley Lowery 2011

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