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Stephen Levrant : Heritage Architecture
Various bodies have defined "high-rise":
Emporis Standards defines a high-rise as "A multi-story structure between 35–100 meters
tall, or a building of unknown height from 12–39 floors."
According to the building code of Hyderabad, India, a high-rise building is one with four
floors or more, or 15 to 18 meters or more in height.
The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary defines a high-rise as "a building having many
storeys".
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"
In the U.S., the National Fire Protection Association defines a high-rise as being higher than
75 feet (23 meters), or about 7 stories.
Popular conception among building engineers, architects, planners and similar professions
would probably define a high-rise as a building that is at least 75 feet (23 m) tall.