high-rise

CHONGQING, China—An elevated train cuts through a residential high-rise.

The sister of a man who fell to his death from an Aberdeen high-rise after being tortured is calling for a new law to protect others.

He had booked a room on the 22nd floor of the high-rise hotel, whose security window was forced open, it added.

“Are we talking about little shopping centers or high-rise hotels?” he said.

The 12 new towns will be walkable and environmentally friendly, with "gentle density" such as "terraced housing and mansion blocks" rather than high-rise.