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High-rise




A high-rise is a tall Building or structure. Normally, the function of the building is added, for example ''high-rise Apartment '' or ''high-rise Office s''.
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High-rise buildings first became possible due to the invention of the Elevator (also known as the ''lift'' in British English ) and a cheap building material.

Although the exact definition is immaterial, various bodies have tried to define what 'high-rise' means:

  • The ''International Conference on Fire Safety in High-Rise Buildings'' defined a high-rise as "any structure where the height can have a serious impact on evacuation"


  • The ''New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary'' defines a high-rise as "a building having many stories".




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