History Main / SleekHighRiseApartment

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': [[VampiresAreRich The moneyed vampire couple]] Louis de Pointe du Lac and Armand reside in a Dubai penthouse apartment that is the most desired real estate in the United Arab Emirates, and the Al Sharaf Tower is tall enough that the edifice sways by design. The living room is vast and it has many windows, so Louis and Armand have a wide view of the cityscape. The decor is in the minimalist style and the walls are adorned with fine art, such as Francis Bacon's triptych ''Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion''.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': [[VampiresAreRich The moneyed vampire couple]] Louis de Pointe du Lac and Armand reside in a Dubai penthouse apartment that is the most desired real estate in the United Arab Emirates, and the Al Sharaf Tower is tall enough that the edifice sways by design. The living room is vast and it has many windows, so Louis and Armand have a wide view of the cityscape. The decor is minimalist and the walls are adorned with fine art, such as Francis Bacon's triptych ''Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion''.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': [[VampireAreRich The moneyed vampire couple]] Louis de Pointe du Lac and Armand reside in a Dubai penthouse apartment that is the most desired real estate in the United Arab Emirates, and the Al Sharaf Tower is tall enough that the edifice sways by design. The living room is vast and it has many windows, so Louis and Armand have a wide view of the cityscape. The decor is minimalist and the walls are adorned with fine art, such as Francis Bacon's triptych ''Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion''.

* ''{{Series/Frasier}}'''s apartment fits the bill, and even has a cityscape view that wasn't even possible in real life until 2014 - ten years after the show's last episode was aired.

* In the film ''Film/{{Predator 2}}'', the titular Predator murders a bunch of folks inside of one, following a raid by Jamaican gangsters on a Colombian drug lord [[OutWithABang mid-coitus]]. Said high rise also overlooks downtown UsefulNotes/LosAngeles.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'': The ''Citadel'' DLC has Shepard being granted the use of [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Anderson's]] [[apartment https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/60/af/fa/60affa3923c529b31055c99eaf8f78e1.jpg]] on the Citadel and sure enough, it's a multi-floor exercise in restrained opulence [[SceneryPorn overlooking]] a futuristic NeonCity

Related to CoolHouse, this trope is for characters who live in a sleek, modern high-rise apartment overlooking a cityscape. Maybe it comes with a 360-degree view of the metropolitan area, with a car elevator, an indoor pool, a retractable skylight. Stainless Steel appliances and fine art are optional.

Compare BigFancyHouse. In sci-fi, may be housed in a StarScraper.

* In the film ''Film/{{Predator 2}}'', the titular Predator murders a bunch of folks inside of one, following a raid by Jamaican gangsters on a Colombian drug lord [[OutWithABang mid-coitus]]. Said high rise also overlooks downtown UsefulNotes/LosAngeles.

* The narrator in ''Film/FightClub'' describes his home as a "filing cabinet for young professionals", a high-rise apartment block. He's no longer able to live there after someone blows up his apartment.
* Industrial magnate Eldon Tyrell from ''Film/BladeRunner'' occupies a plush suite within the massive industrial Tyrell Pyramid. It's appointed with a subdued elegance: not quite Spartan, but clearly more functional than flashy. This man is effectively married to his work.

* Christian Grey's [[http://www.christiangreysapartment.com/ absurdly opulent high rise apartment]] from ''Film/FiftyShadesDarker''
* ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'': Stephen Strange's career as a world-class neurosurgeon affords him a large New York City apartment with SimpleYetOpulent modern furnishings, among [[ConspicuousConsumption many other creature comforts]]. After his CareerEndingInjury, he sells the contents and ultimately the apartment to fund his search for a remedy.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': As of ''Literature/WhiteNight'', Thomas Raith lives in a luxury apartment in Chicago's expensive Gold Coast district, decorated in stark Art Deco style with plenty of stainless steel. Harry isn't surprised that he, a [[VampiresAreRich wealthy vampire]] from a Fiction500 family, can afford it, but ''is'' surprised that the perennially messy Thomas can keep the place so neat.

* ''Series/TheJeffersons'': This spinoff from ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' is about literal upward mobility of an African-American couple named George and Louise Jefferson who move into a swanky high-rise building. George and Louise started out as one dry cleaner in Astoria, Queens. Their series has George's dry cleaning expand to multiple facilities, enabling the couple to move into a luxury condo on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
* ''Series/TheSteveHarveyShow'': Steve Hightower who was a 1970s funk legend (who is now a [[FallenOnHardTimesJob high school music teacher/vice-principal]]) lives in one of these, overlooking Chicago. Probably a hold over from his more lucrative career as a musician.
* Stringer Bell from ''Series/TheWire'' is a drug-lord who has a high-rise apartment showing his sophistication. [=McNulty=] is genuinely surprised when he first gets a look at Stringer's refined and elegant penthouse, full of classical books and styled very differently from the archetypal mansion of a drug lord. Also has a great view of the city.

* ''Series/IronFist2017'':
** Once Danny has gotten his identity reestablished, he spends his first few nights in a penthouse suite. However, as he falls in love with Colleen, he moves in with her at her dojo and makes that his primary residence.
** Harold Meachum lives as a prisoner of the Hand in a special penthouse inside the General Electric Building.

* Mrs. Coulter in ''Series/HisDarkMaterials'' lives in a gorgeous ArtDeco apartment with polished marble floors, beautiful decor, designer furniture, and a large balcony looking out over London.
* ''{{Series/Frasier}}'''s apartment fits the bill, and even has a cityscape view that wasn't even possible in real life until 2014 - ten years after the show's last episode was aired.

* ''Webcomic/ThePizzaDeliveryManAndTheGoldPalace'': Seo-an lives in a penthouse in the Gold Palace, one of Korea's most sought-after luxury apartments which houses some of the country's wealthiest.

* David Xanatos is usually the arch-nemesis to the ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'', and hatches his latest XanatosGambit from his penthouse suite, perched atop his corporate offices. Xanatos likes to survey Manhattan from his towering aerie since he intends to make it all his personal domain.

* ''Manhwa/ThePizzaDeliveryManAndTheGoldPalace'': Seo-an lives in a penthouse in the Gold Palace, one of Korea's most sought-after luxury apartments which houses some of the country's wealthiest.