{{short description|Building that is only a few stories tall}} [[File:(1) Moonrise Bondi Beach.JPG|thumb|270x270px|Low-rise apartments in [[Bondi, New South Wales|Bondi]], Australia]]
A '''low-rise''' is a building that is only a few stories tall, as contrasted with a [[high-rise]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://standards.emporis.com/?nav=realestate&lng=3&esn=51477 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710191551/http://standards.emporis.com/?nav=realestate&lng=3&esn=51477 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |title=Data Standards: Structures |publisher=Emporis Standards |accessdate=June 10, 2009}}</ref> Some classification include the designation ''mid-rise'' for buildings that are more than a few stories tall but not especially tall.<ref>{{cite web |first=Alan |last=Finder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/23/nyregion/mid-rise-apartment-houses-making-new-york-comeback.html |title=Mid-Rise Apartment Houses Making New York Comeback |work=The New York Times |date=November 23, 1990 |accessdate=June 10, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Andy |last=Humbles |url=http://www.smart-space.com/newspdfs/Tennessean03_08_06.pdf |title=Condo design will include 'mid-rise' building |publisher=The Tennessean (via SmartSpace) |date=March 8, 2006 |accessdate=June 10, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
==Definition== [[Emporis]] defines a low-rise as "an enclosed structure below 35 metres [115 feet] which is divided into regular floor levels".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://standards.emporis.com/?nav=realestate&lng=3&esn=49213 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710191558/http://standards.emporis.com/?nav=realestate&lng=3&esn=49213 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 10, 2011 |title=Data Standards: Structures - low-rise building |publisher=Emporis Standards |accessdate=June 10, 2009}}</ref> The city of [[Toronto]] defines a mid-rise as a building between four and twelve stories.<ref>{{Cite web| title=Avenues and Mid-Rise Buildings Study | url=http://faculty.geog.utoronto.ca/Hess/Courses/studio/presentation%20on%20avenues%20and%20mid-rise%20study.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816002149/http://faculty.geog.utoronto.ca/Hess/Courses/studio/presentation%20on%20avenues%20and%20mid-rise%20study.pdf | archive-date=2011-08-16}}</ref> They also have elevators and stairs. Shorter structures may only have stairs.
==Characteristics== Low-rise apartments sometimes offer more privacy and negotiability of [[Renting|rent]] and utilities than high-rise apartments, although they may have fewer [[amenities]] and less flexibility with leases. It is easier to put fires out in low-rise buildings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vincentdunn.com/dunn/newsletters/august/August.pdf |title=August-Newsletter - High Rise Fires |publisher=Vincentdunn.com |accessdate=June 10, 2009 |archive-date=June 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626105237/http://vincentdunn.com/dunn/newsletters/august/August.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Within the United States, due to the legal-economic and [[modernist]] perspectives, low-rises can in some cities be seen as less luxurious than high-rises, whereas within [[Western Europe]] (for historical identity and legal reasons) low-rise tends to be more attractive. Some businesses prefer low-rise buildings due to lower costs and more usable space. Having all employees on a single floor may also increase work productivity.<ref>{{cite web|first=Elaine |last=Watkins-Miller |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/facilities-space-planning/637472-1.html |title=Skyscrapers vs. suburbs |publisher=AllBusiness |date=September 1, 1997 |accessdate=June 10, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103214217/http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/facilities-space-planning/637472-1.html |archivedate=November 3, 2007 }}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery> File:Sydney House, Adelaide Street Flats, Hull - geograph.org.uk - 3260846.jpg|Flats in [[Kingston upon Hull]], [[Yorkshire]], England File:Jouppi, Seinäjoki luhtitalo.jpg|A deck-access apartment houses in [[Seinäjoki]], [[Finland]] File:Stade, Hansehafen -- 2018 -- 2949.jpg|Typical German [[Timber framing|Fachwerkhäuser]] in the Hanseatic harbour of [[Stade]], [[Germany]] Bergtocht van Watles via Sesvennahütte en de Uina Slucht naar Sur En 19-09-2019. (actm.) 22.jpg| Low-rise house ''Alte Pforzheimer Hütte'' near the ''Pforzheimer See,'' in the [[Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol|Trentino-Alto Adige]] region of [[Italy|Northern Italy]] Apartment house Warmbuechenstrasse Suedstadt Hannover Germany.jpg|Modern style flat in [[Hannover]], Germany Firenze-apartment-building-0899.jpg|Low-rise flat with balconies in [[Florence]], Italy Apartment complex on Robinson Street, Inglewood, Western Australia, July 2021.jpg|Low-rise apartment complex in [[Inglewood, Western Australia]] Apartment building on Girrahween Street, Braddon December 2024.jpg|Modern low-rise apartment block in [[Braddon, Australian Capital Territory|Braddon]], Australia Paris Apartment Building 0164.jpg|Low-rise apartment in [[Paris]], France PikiWiki Israel 23348 House with sukut (tabernacles) in Bnei Brak.JPG|Low-rise apartment blocks in [[Israel]] Apartment buildings from the 1980s by Paseo Juan Aparicio in Torrevieja, Alicante, Spain, 2022 January.jpg|Low-rise apartments in [[Alicante]], Spain </gallery>
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