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They’re the signature of any major city’s skyline – towering buildings that are beloved by locals and a magnet for tourists looking for the perfect Instagram snap.
它們聳出天際，是其所在城市的名片，它們拔地而起，深受當(dāng)?shù)厝罕姷臒釔邸Ｓ慰鸵材矫鴣?。在這里拍出最佳照片，上傳Instagram。

While many have become celebrated symbols due to their architectural beauty, others have broken the mould and left visitors wondering why they were built in the first place.
一些建筑因其自身的建筑美而成為著名的標(biāo)志，另一些建筑因?yàn)樘^標(biāo)新立異讓游客們不禁要問一開始建造這些建筑的目的是什么。
The strangest skyscrapers in the world are an endless source of debate, with Bangkok's unusual Elephant Building being billed as 'the most talked about building' in Thailand and one of the world's ugliest.
世界上最奇怪的建筑永遠(yuǎn)都是人們的談資，而曼谷那非比尋常的“大象樓”被評為泰國“最引人熱議的建筑”和世界上最丑的建筑之一。
The 32-floor high-rise was built to look like an elephant – one of the country's most famous animals – but has received mixed reviews
這棟建筑有32層，拔地聳出，建造成這個國家最著名動物大象的形狀，但人們對這棟建筑的評價卻褒貶不一。

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Sculptures of naked babies were added to the communist-era Zizkov tower's pillars as part of a temporary art installation in 2000
2000年，一個光屁股小孩的雕塑被放到了共產(chǎn)主義時期建造的孜孜科夫塔的柱子上作為當(dāng)時的一個臨時性的藝術(shù)裝飾品

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Designers of the Central China TV building described it as the reinvention of the skyscraper as a loop
中國中央電視臺大樓的設(shè)計(jì)師說這座大樓是將傳統(tǒng)的摩天大樓重塑成一圈。

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The Longaberger Basket Company's headquarters in Newark, Ohio, is an example of novelty architecture; the handles weigh 150 tons
籃子制造商龍格堡加（Longaberger）公司在俄亥俄州紐沃克市的總部大樓是造型新穎奇特的范例；光這兩個把手就有150噸重。

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The 37-storey Walkie Talkie office building was voted the ugliest and most hated building in Britain by Building Design magazine
這棟37層的對講機(jī)大樓被《建筑設(shè)計(jì)雜志》評選為英國最丑最令人討厭的建筑

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The Ryugyong Hotel dominates the skyline in Pyongyang, North Korea; construction began in 1987 and the hotel has never opened
柳京飯店稱霸朝鮮平壤的一方領(lǐng)空；飯店建造工程始于1987年，但從來都沒有開張

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These twin towers were completed in 1988 and have been called the 'koala tree buildings' because their extrusions look like koala bears
這兩棟雙子樓建成于1988年，因其突出地方的形狀像考拉而一直都被人稱作“考拉樹大樓”

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Aldar's headquarters in Abu Dhabi was once voted the most futuristic building in the world; it is the world's first circular skyscraper
阿爾達(dá)公司在阿布扎比市的總部，曾被譽(yù)為世界上最未來主義的建筑；它是世界上第一棟圓形建筑